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Lassale outlines international VAI agenda to forge a unified vertical aviation voice

François Lassale used his platform at Vertical Aviation International to set an international advocacy agenda focused on creating a single industry voice for rotorcraft and vertical aviation. He called for coordinated policy, safety and regulatory engagement across markets to support the rotorcraft and emerging eVTOL transition.

2025-08-21T07:33:50.526833-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Umbra CEO Todd Master Maps Company Evolution and Future Strategy

2025-08-12T13:32:24.140615-07:00

FreightWaves

Fred Smith, FedEx Founder and Air Cargo Pioneer, Dies at 80

2025-06-21T23:59:15.606207-07:00

FlightGlobal

Airbus CEO Faury details A320 successor, hydrogen outlook and defence consolidation

2025-06-11T00:43:54.474451-07:00

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Reuters

Jean-Jacques Wallis pushes wingsuit flying limits over Cape Town’s Table Mountain Launching off Table Mountain with the wind roaring past his wingsuit, South African Jean-Jacques Wallis is stretching the envelope of human flight. His high-profile jumps are drawing global attention to South Africa as a centre for extreme aerial sports.

2025-08-22T05:04:58.160536-07:00

Jean-Jacques Wallis pushes wingsuit flying limits over Cape Town’s Table Mountain

General Aviation News

ICON Aircraft co‑founder Kirk Hawkins dies in wingsuit accident in Swiss Alps Kirk Hawkins, co‑founder of ICON Aircraft and a former USAF pilot, died Aug. 19, 2025 in a wingsuit accident in the Swiss Alps, Steen Strand said on LinkedIn. Hawkins, forced out as ICON CEO in November 2018, had been developing a startup aimed at reshaping light aviation.

2025-08-21T08:11:46.663269-07:00

ICON Aircraft co‑founder Kirk Hawkins dies in wingsuit accident in Swiss Alps

AINonline

Lassale outlines international VAI agenda to forge a unified vertical aviation voice François Lassale used his platform at Vertical Aviation International to set an international advocacy agenda focused on creating a single industry voice for rotorcraft and vertical aviation. He called for coordinated policy, safety and regulatory engagement across markets to support the rotorcraft and emerging eVTOL transition.

2025-08-21T07:33:50.526833-07:00

Lassale outlines international VAI agenda to forge a unified vertical aviation voice

SpaceNews.com

Umbra CEO Todd Master Maps Company Evolution and Future Strategy Todd Master, CEO of satellite imagery specialist Umbra, reviews the company’s progression from startup through its latest milestones and outlines strategic initiatives to expand its Earth-observation capabilities and market presence.

2025-08-12T13:32:24.140615-07:00

Umbra CEO Todd Master Maps Company Evolution and Future Strategy

Aviation Week

Boeing Commercial CEO Pope Sees Resilient Future as Recovery Gains Traction In a rare media interview, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stephanie Pope said she takes pride in her team’s progress and is cautiously optimistic that the manufacturer is getting back on track. Her remarks underscore renewed confidence as Boeing works to stabilize production and rebuild industry trust.

2025-07-08T12:43:32.006316-07:00

Boeing Commercial CEO Pope Sees Resilient Future as Recovery Gains Traction

Payload

Rep. Vince Fong stakes commercial space in NASA budget talks, cites district heritage Since taking office in June 2024, Rep. Vince Fong has championed commercial space as a key pillar of the administration’s NASA budget request, arguing it will bolster US strategic ambitions. He also underscored his district’s deep-rooted aeronautics heritage as essential to sustaining national leadership in space.

2025-07-08T10:35:20.919822-07:00

Rep. Vince Fong stakes commercial space in NASA budget talks, cites district heritage

Space Explored

From Nominee to Navigator: Isaacman’s Private Push to Fund Space Science Jared Isaacman, former NASA administrator nominee and private astronaut commander on Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn, has shifted from policy pursuits to directly funding space science. He is marshaling private capital and SpaceX partnerships to underwrite projects—from ISS experiments to lunar payloads—threatened by NASA’s looming budget cuts.

2025-07-01T08:19:31.004167-07:00

From Nominee to Navigator: Isaacman’s Private Push to Fund Space Science

FreightWaves

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Fred Smith, FedEx Founder and Air Cargo Pioneer, Dies at 80 Frederick W. Smith, the Vietnam veteran and entrepreneur who founded Federal Express in 1971 and built FedEx into a global logistics powerhouse with a fleet of over 700 aircraft, died June 21 at age 80, the company announced Saturday.

2025-06-21T23:59:15.606207-07:00

Fred Smith, FedEx Founder and Air Cargo Pioneer, Dies at 80

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