Nomenclature is a curious, often misleading business. A zephyr, for example, is a light, west-wind named for Zephyrus, the Greek god and personification of the west-wind. Zephyrus was held by his adherents to be the bringer of spring and early-summer breezes. Airbus, conversely, has applied the Zephyr moniker to its series of lightweight, solar-powered unmanned aerial-vehicles.
Aviation industry groups are raising their voices in a chorus of praise for a Congressional body newly formed for the purpose of educating Congress and the public in the myriad complexities of emergent Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) technologies. The twenty-some members of the inchoate group—which has bestowed upon itself the title of The Congressional Advanced Air Mobility Caucus—intend, ostensibly, to take a bipartisan approach to increasing understanding about technologies expected to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration within a matter of years.
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