Today In Aviation
Last Updated: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 5:05 PM PST
2025-03-06T17:05:08.138177-08:00 2025-03-06T17:05:08.138177-08:00 (2025-03-06T17:05:08.138177-08:00)
❗️
The Air Current
• Elan Head
How Regent’s seaglider is melding maritime and aviation tech. Prototype crewed sea trials now underway
By The Air Current: Regent’s wing-in-ground-effect vehicle is technically not an aircraft, but it borrows plenty from aviation.
Urban Air Mobility News
REGENT Craft reports completion of first on-water tests for its all-electric seaglider
The Independent
• Via AP news wire
Medical jet’s voice recorder likely wasn’t working for years before Philadelphia crash
By The Independent: The National Transportation Safety Board says a cockpit voice recorder was not working on a medical transport plane that crashed in Philadelphia in January and likely had not been working for several years.
Also:
FlightGlobal
and
7 more
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
Spirit and Frontier Sue U.S. Over New Reagan National Airport Flights
By Skift: Spirit and Frontier are taking issue with the way the Transportation Department awarded long-distance flights out of Reagan National Airport.
Also:
Airline Geeks
Aviation Week
• Guy Norris
New Helicopter And UAS Plans Underpin Robinson Expansion
By Aviation Week: Advanced air mobility ambitions, crewed-uncrewed teaming, drone production and an expanded rotorcraft family are key thrusts in Robinson’s growth plan.
Aviation Week
• David Casey
IndiGo To Launch Amsterdam, Manchester Routes
By Aviation Week: Indian carrier IndiGo is set to make its long-awaited European long-haul debut with the launch of nonstop flights to Manchester and Amsterdam.
Aviation Week
INDIGO
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
Pterosaur bones could lead to revolutionary new aerospace materials
By Runway Girl: Nathan Pili, a PhD student, used advanced CT techniques to study pterosaur bones, which could lead to revolutionary new aerospace materials.
upgradedpoints.com
• Victoria M. Walker
Avelo Launches New Nashville Route; Establishes Crew Base at Charlotte Concord
By upgradedpoints.com: Avelo Airlines has launched 2 routes from Charlotte Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (USA), and is starting a new route from Central Florida.
