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@Gigining0101 totally

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CH-47 and UH-60 crews joined the fight against Nevada’s Hawk Fire. Eumeta take: rotorcraft remain vital when terrain, speed and payload converge. 🧵👇

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@WeatherMonitors Hoping everyone in Rasuwa and Mugling gets to safety in time.

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@airplusnews A landmark ruling — and long overdue. Flight crews face real health risks from cosmic radiation and night work. The whole industry must finally take this seriously.

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@HALHQBLR Beyond one single engine, this contract lays critical groundwork for India’s long‑term self‑reliance in high‑performance helicopter propulsion. Looking forward to seeing Aravalli power the IMRH into service.

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@WorldSkyWatch The B-52 doesn’t fight the crosswind — it drifts through it. Steerable bogies: the 1950s answer to a wing you can’t drop.

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📍 By Aug. 25, containment had reached 27% with 816 personnel assigned. Officials reported no further growth in the latest update.

⚠️ Safe spacing, refueling, crew fatigue and coordination will determine how long aircraft can maintain pressure on the fire.

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🏘️ The fire reached populated areas, forcing mass evacuations and damaging homes, roads, power lines and communications infrastructure.

🌬️ Shifting winds, dry brush and rugged foothills complicate low-level flight. Smoke also reduces visibility and narrows operating margins.

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Quencher is a proposed autonomous amphibious water bomber with a 4,500L tank. One operator could coordinate up to 5 aircraft, even at night.

It could refill from seas or lakes, but remains in preliminary design. Water handling, corrosion and certification are still major tests.

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Singapore flies a homegrown eVTOL. A 550-lb cargo UAS simplifies cooling. AI lowers the barrier for new drone pilots. Eumeta Issue 👇

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📦 AIR’s 8-motor cargo UAS carries up to 550 lb for one hour. Air-cooled drives aim to cut weight and remove liquid-cooling complexity.

🤖 The sub-249g SkyRover S1 pairs 4K/60fps video with AI tracking. Three batteries provide up to 120 minutes of total flight time.

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@AZ_Intel_ Critical infrastructure still defends against 1,000m threats. The real attack surface is below 200m. Until refineries, ports, and rail hubs get layered C-UAS — not just fences — the cheapest drone keeps rewriting the cost of strategic impact.

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@business ATSB reviews matter. Every near miss is a warning we can’t afford to ignore.

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Devastating news from Montréal. The ground marshaller struck by a French bee A350-900 (F-HREY) has died of his injuries. My condolences to his family and the ramp crew. Ground handling is one of aviation’s most dangerous jobs.

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UPDATE: Montréal-Trudeau International Airport’s authority has confirmed Tuesday morning that the ground marshaller who was struck by the French bee A350-900 was rushed to hospital but sadly succumbed to the injuries.

The employee has died following the incident.
Video show the very incident aircraft F-HREY.

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@xAviation Glass cockpit. Tonight, the universe read the manual.

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Breaking: An MH‑60 Black Hawk from the elite 160th SOAR made an unplanned woodland landing near Denver during routine training. No crew injuries reported. The US Army has opened a full safety investigation into the mishap.
#AviationSafety #Blackhawk

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An Army MH-60 Black Hawk from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment was involved in an aviation mishap during a routine training operation near Denver, Colorado, on Aug. 25.

The helicopter made an apparently unplanned landing in a wooded area in the foothills west of Denver. Four people were aboard, and initial reports indicate there were no injuries.

The Army has opened a safety investigation and has not released additional details about what caused the incident.

Source: https://t.co/zzkyQNOBu6

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This NASA ULI chart is the most underrated image in eVTOL today. A helicopter’s “above ambient” footprint runs 30–60s across a wide urban swath; Joby’s mostly stays in the 0–15s band, tight around the landing zone. Same mission, radically different social cost. #eVTOL #UAM

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eVTOL Hearing is Believing

$JOBY is the only OEM to share NASA University Leadership noise results in real urban environments.

Why haven’t $ACHR and $BETA done the same?

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🏭 Within 24 hours, a three-person team fabricated it with commercial 3D printers inside a mobile production container and assembled it on site.

🔋 The next test is repetition: verify battery health and prove rapid field production can consistently deliver reliable aircraft.

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A battery-powered small drone flew for 8h 41m in desert heat. Eumeta take: faster design-to-flight cycles may matter as much as endurance. 👇

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⚙️ Two brushless DC motors assembled at Tobyhanna Army Depot powered the aircraft during the flight demonstration.

💻 The airframe was reportedly designed in under 10 minutes using Prometheus software and computer prompts.