#verticalflight — Public Fediverse posts

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure to present on Accessibility in Advanced Air #Mobility: Boarding Passengers with Reduced Mobility onto VTOL Aircraft at VFS Forum 82. This work was prepared with Loup-Giang Nguyen.

Download the paper here: https://proceedings.vtol.org/82/proceedingsPaper?paper=310.

#aam #aviation #engineering #verticalflight

Many thanks to my friend Nicolas Zart for inviting me on to The Ways We Move podcast for a deep dive into advanced air mobility and the #infrastructure it needs to become a reality. 🚁

📽️ Watch here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H5y53RMiz3o

🎧 Or listen here: https://thewayswemove.buzzsprout.com/2428454/episodes/19173101-gael-le-bris-on-the-aam-infrastructure-investment-gap-the-ways-we-move

#aam #aviation #verticalflight

Great pleasure presenting last Thursday on accommodating hydrogen-powered electric VTOL (H2eVTOL) aircraft technologies at vertiports to the @VTOLsociety Arizona Chapter as part of their Tech Talks. This was my last speech of the year... Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xiaFoQqZHM. 🚁

#aaminfra #aerospace #aircraft #airports #aviation #engineering #hydrogen #infrastructure #mobility #verticalflight #vertiports #vtols

Earlier this week, members of our #aviation team in Raleigh, NC attended flight demonstrations by Wing #drone delivery. 🚁 Weather was "cloudy with a chance of dessert". 🍨 We got ice cream... literally falling from the sky! 😊 #aam #aerospace #aircraft #engineering #microfreight #verticalflight #vtols

Firefighting #rotorcraft shortfall prompts Bell’s 214ST reboot: https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/aircraft-propulsion/firefighting-rotorcraft-shortfall-prompts-bells-214st-reboot. Aerial #firefighting is an #aerospace niche but it is a critical one. Within that niche, #VTOL aircraft bring unique capabilities. They deliver water and retardant precisely, transport firefighters to remote areas, and perform aerial reconnaissance. VTOLs are essential assets for rapid response and effective wildfire management. 💪🚁 #aircraft #aviation #emergencymanagement #engineering #verticalflight

Enjoying the reading of Helicopter Heroine by Charles Morgan Evans–a biography of French aviator and neurosurgeon MGI Valérie André who passed away last January. Her absolutely epic life deserves the title of this book. 🇫🇷🚁 #aviation #aviationbookclub #helicopters #verticalflight

Spoiler alert... This year's @VTOLsociety History Calendar is all about #innovation! 😊 Beautiful demonstrators and prototypes from different periods of VTOL history. 🚁 #aviation #engineering #STEM #verticalflight

If General de Gaulle was still alive... 😉 #DYK? The eVTOL acronym stands for electric vertical takeoff and landing [#aircraft]. VTOL in French is ADAV for "aéronef à décollage et atterrissage verticaux". Therefore, eVTOL should be ADAVé in French! 🚁 #aviation #verticalflight

Halfway through the excellent Westland #Aircraft & #Rotorcraft by Graham & Smith with a great deal of detail on past projects and top-notch from Yeovil. #ICYMI Westland merged with Agusta in 2000. AgustaWestland then merged into Leonardo in 2016. 🛩️🚁 #avgeeks #aviation #aviationbookclub #aviationhistory #books #engineering #verticalflight #vtols

EASA releases new NORAH2 new rotorcraft noise model. The software was developed as part of a 4-year research project on rotorcraft noise funded by European Union's Horizon 2020: https://buff.ly/4gPdb1L. 🚁 #aerospace #aviation #engineering #mobility #verticalflight #vtols

In the crazy Cold War-era #aircraft concept category, behold the Yakovlev VVP-6! Giant 50m-long, 24-turboshaft-powered #VTOL to provide logistics & SAM platform. Was supposed to be fielded along w/ VTOL fighters. Didn't go beyond conceptual design. 🚁 #defense #verticalflight

#EASA has published its first Easy Access Rules for the small Category VTOL-Capable #Aircraft (VCA): https://easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-small-category-vca. 🚁

#aerospace #airtravel #aviation #engineering #mobility #safetyfirst #stem #transportation #verticalflight #vtols

There is still a few days left before the #AIAA/HySky Advanced Hydrogen Aerospace #Technologies and Design - Online Short Course starts!

Join us for a series of online lecture in October and November to learn about #hydrogen technologies for #aviation.

Registration at this link: https://www.aiaa.org/events-learning/courses-workshops/detail/advanced-hydrogen-aerospace-technologies-and-design.

#aerospace #aircraft #airports #climateaction #energytransition #engineering #infrastructure #innovation #mobility #research #stem #verticalflight #vertiports

#DYK? The Dassault Mirage III V was a supersonic VTOL fighter prototype. 🇫🇷✈️ 📸MAE ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #aircraft #aviation #engineereing #stem #verticalflight #vtols

#NATO Awards Contracts For Next Generation #Rotorcraft Study in The Aviationist: https://theaviationist.com/2024/07/28/nato-awards-ngrc-contracts/. 🚁 #aerospace #aviation #defense #verticalflight #vtol

Read my interview on Cracking the cybersecurity code for AAM by Treena Hein for Vertical Magazine: https://verticalmag.com/features/cracking-the-cybersecurity-code-for-aam/. 🚁🛡️🤖

#aviation #cybersecurity #DigitalTransformation #engineering #infrastructure #mobility #STEM #VerticalFlight #VTOLs

"Helicopter Express acquires entire Erickson's fleet & aerial firefighting operations division." This includes specially modified Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane. "Erickson’s remaining MRO and OEM business units will continue as a standalone and separately capitalized entity." https://verticalmag.com/press-releases/helicopter-express-acquires-entire-erickson-fleet-operations-division/ 🚁🔥

#aerospace #aircraft #aviation #helicopters #verticalflight #vtol

The tiny #VTOL Ingenuity was the first ever #aircraft to fly on another planet: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/six-months-ingenuity. To learn more about the #engineering behind #Ingenuity, there is this great book Planetary Exploration with Ingenuity and Dragonfly available with #AIAA: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/4.106378. 🚁🚀 #aerospace #engineering #research #stem #verticalflight #vtol

Nice helicopter apron at Maricá Airport (SBMI), RJ, Brazil! It can accommodate 13 Sikorsky S-92 at the same time. Will be supporting offshore operations in the pre-salt layer of the Brazilian coast: https://aeromagazine.uol.com.br/artigo/aeroporto-no-rio-de-janeiro-ganhou-terceiro-patio-de-aeronaves.html. 🚁 #aviation #engineering #helicopter #heliport #verticalflight #vertiports

Did you miss last week's NASEM/TRB webinar on Planning for the Emergence of #UAM at #Aviation Facilities? We've got you covered! Here is the recording: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/848_02-2024_trb-webinar-planning-for-the-emergence-of-urban-air-mobility-at-aviation-facilities#sl-three-columns-f839e5b5-39fb-42f3-9e2a-82d6bd5330f7. 🚁🔋

#airports #AirTravel #EnergyTransition #engineering #eVTOLs #FutureReady #mobility #research #STEM #transportation #VerticalFlight #vertiports #VTOLs

The Dassault Mirage III V was a beast... You can visit this #VTOL #aircraft at the Air & Space Museum in Le Bourget, France. (📸 by MAE) ✈️ #aerospace #aviation #aviationhistory #engineering #verticalflight

Register for our free NASEM/TRB webinar on Planning for the Emergence of Urban Air #Mobility (#UAM) at #Aviation Facilities that will be held on Feb. 28 at 1PM ET: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/848_02-2024_trb-webinar-planning-for-the-emergence-of-urban-air-mobility-at-aviation-facilities. 🚁

#AAMinfrastructure #airports #AirTravel #EnergyTransition #engineering #evtols #infrastructure #STEM #transportation #verticalflight #vertiports #vtols

When #STOL aircraft try to compete with their #VTOL counterparts: https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/1755156699210465519?s=46. 😉🛩️⚔️🚁 #aircraft #avgeeks #aviation #infrastructure #STOLports #VerticalFlight #vertiports

Read my interview with Vertical Magazine on Preparing for #eVTOL takeoff: https://verticalmag.com/features/preparing-for-evtol-takeoff/. 🚁 #aircraft #airports #airtravel #aviation #engineering #futureready #infrastructure #mobility #stem #transportation #verticalflight #vertiport

While #eVTOL aircraft will not replace #helicopters, they can bring new capabilities to emergency medical services (EMS): https://www.airmedandrescue.com/latest/long-read/industry-voice-transforming-emergency-medical-services-evtols. 🚁 #aircraft #aviation #engineering #verticalflight #vertiports #vtols

This is a good #safety tip and a rule of thumb easy to remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzmjb0PA0L8. Check also this guidance material on #Helicopter Rotor Downwash: Preventing the Adverse Effects of Rotor #Downwash: https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/guidance_material_helicopter_downwash.pdf. 🚁 #aviation #SafetyFirst #VerticalFlight #VTOLs

Here is a new fan-in-wing concept by Aurora... And it's not an #eVTOL for once! This one looks like some sort of a crossover between the #F117 and the Ryan Vertifan: https://www.futureflight.aero/news-article/2023-11-23/aurora-reveals-blended-wing-body-hsvtol-x-plane-concept. 🚁🛩️⬇️⬇️⬇️ #aircraft #aviation #VerticalFlight #VTOL

Don't miss the #FAA Advanced Air Mobility #Vertiports webinar scheduled for Nov 29, 2023 from 2PM to 3PM ET on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw5mxZ6A-Ms. 🚁🛩️ #aircraft #aviation #engineering #eVTOL #innovation #mobility #STEM #transportation #VerticalFlight #VTOL

The #AW609 is about to become the world’s first civilian tiltrotor #aircraft. It's development has been a long and quite painful journey. The delivery of the first production aircraft is now finally on the horizon! ✈️ #aviation #innovation #mobility #verticalflight #VTOL

@Av8rdan I do remember this Hotelicopter prank... Supposedly developed from the Mil V-12 to offer aerial cruise. 😜🚁 #VerticalFlight #VTOL