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Amsterdam delays lifting restrictions on runway affected by solar farm sun glare

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Glare being caused by sunlight reflecting off the panels of a nearby solar farm has caused authorities at Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) in the Netherlands to delay the lifting of restrictions on one of the airport’s main runways due to safety concerns. The position of the sun means that this effect occurs in the late morning.

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Leading eVTOL developers react as FAA approves revolutionary aircraft category

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At 2024 NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas on October 22, 2024, the FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker announced the introduction of the ‘powered-lift’ category, thus paving the way for the qualifications and training that instructors and pilots must hold in order to fly eVTOL aircraft. leading the way in commercializing UAM.

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The Difference Between Category, Class, and Type of Aircraft

Pilot Institute

Category also has different meanings in pilot certification, aircraft certification, and instrument approaches. A quick note before we begin: There are three different definitions of category based on the pilot, the aircraft, or an instrument approach. a jet engine) for lift at low speed but non-rotating surfaces (i.e.,

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Ecojet to order up to 50 gyroplanes from ARC Aerosystems for UK operations 

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Gyroplanes are capable of taking off and landing vertically by having lift provided by an unpowered top rotor in an autorotation motion, but they fly horizontally when cruising, just like a conventional aircraft. ARC Aerosystems’ approach to advanced air mobility has also caught the attention of investors in the Middle East.

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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

This is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. Wing spoilers drastically reduce the lift generated by the wing. Its important because the lift is always produced perpendicular to the relative wind. Why is this important?

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Air traffic controller suspended after planes almost collide at Mumbai Airport

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The IndiGo jet touched down three seconds after the lift off. The pilot in command continued the approach and landing and followed (air traffic control) instructions,” the spokesperson was quoted to have said.

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Inside Elixir Aircraft: the startup using sailing tech to change light aviation  

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And it was, in fact, while working as an engineer at several aerospace companies in France that he came to the realization that the light aircraft industry was way more conservative in its approach to technology adoption than the boat builders he knew so well.

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