Lawsuit In Excess Of $30 Million Filed Against County

Never pick a fight with a company named 'MillionAir' -- After three-and-a-half years of delays and bad faith by Westchester County, which has reportedly refused to allow construction of a replacement hangar at Westchester County Airport in breach of the County's contractual obligations to Million Air, the FBO company was left with no choice but to file a lawsuit today in federal court seeking more than $30 million in damages. The suit, brought by two of Westchester County lawfirms, requests an "expedited declaration" that the County breached its lease with Million Air by "unreasonably failing" to approve Million Air's proposed modifications to a second hangar adjacent to its current hangar and

Vantis Is A Network Made Up Of Radars, Other Surveillance Sensors, And Command And Control Radios

Governor Doug Burgum recently signed into law an additional $20 million investment to continue the buildout of Vantis, North Dakota's statewide UAS network, the first of its kind in the nation. ND hopes that Vantis is poised to transform the state into the nation's drone epicenter. "We're incredibly grateful to have leaders in this state - Governor Doug Burgum, Lieutenant Governor Brent Sanford, our legislators - with the foresight to imagine and invest in the vision of Vantis," said Nicholas Flom, executive director of the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS). "It's not an exaggeration to say that Vantis is a groundbreaking initiative. It simply d

AD 2021-11-19 Requires Inspecting The Transmission Restraint Aft Attachment Hardware Installation

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Textron Canada Limited (type certificate previously held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by the discovery of a gap between the transmission restraint assembly aft attachment hardware lower washer and mating airframe truss assembly (truss assembly) clevis lower lug. This AD requires inspecting the transmission restraint aft attachment hardware installation for a gap and corrective action depending on the inspection results. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products. This AD is effective July 16