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Fully Operational Lone Star UAS Center Conducts UAV Test Flights

First Missions Flown This Week Over South Texas Ranchland

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Center is conducting a series of flight missions this week, the first since becoming fully operational as a federally-designated test site. Researchers conducted missions Wednesday and scheduled additional flights Thursday with the University’s RS-16 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Bell Helicopter To Distribute NORTH Flight Data Systems

Allows EMS Operators To Meet FAA Safety Rules

Bell Helicopter is now a distributor for NORTH Flight Data Systems' (NORTH FDS) voice, video and flight data recorders, through Bell Helicopter's Aeronautical Accessories brand. The flight data recording system allows Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operators to meet the omnibus helicopter safety rule recently issued by the FAA.

Aerial Power Lines Pioneers Aerial Power Grid Service In Malaysia

Newly-Delivered AS350 B3e And EC135 T2e To 'Kick-Start' Operations

The delivery of Airbus Helicopters' initial two rotorcraft to Aerial Power Lines (APL) will enable this Malaysian operator to offer competitive solutions for electrical power line construction, maintenance and surveillance – furthering the country's evolution as a developed nation.

Linear Air Expands Air Taxi Service Along East Coast

New Partners FlyADVANCED, OpenAir Join Linear Air’s Online Air-Taxi Marketplace

Linear Air has announced two new partners that are joining its growing Air Taxi marketplace, resulting in an expanded national service area. As FlyADVANCED, with its base of operations in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and OpenAir based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, bring more aircraft into the network, Linear Air will augment its Northeast service by offering regional air taxi flights throughout the Philadelphia and Washington D.C. areas.

Quadcopter Carrying Drugs Crashes At Irish Prison

Inmate That Collected The Contraband Placed In Solitary Confinement

The wires that are strung over Wheatfield Prison in Ireland to prevent the landing of a full-sized helicopter that might be used in an escape attempt thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs into the facility using a quadcopter. And it might have worked except the UAV hit one of the wires and went down in the prison yard.