The #eVTOL developer #Overair revealed its first full-scale prototype today: an 8,000-lb, #uncrewed #electric #tiltrotor that it will use for thrustborne #flight testing starting early next year. For The Air Current, I caught up with Overair's CEO and CCO to learn more about the #aircraft and the company's plans: https://theaircurrent.com/aircraft-development/overair-oa1-butterfly-unveil-first-look-evtol/

…and I’m

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0XgawyL5z0/

Tilt rotor over Downtown LA.
#tiltrotor #airplane #military #aircraft #dtla #LosAngeles

A couple of short #aviation news items from me at the #parisairshow are now up in our Dispatches section:

#Stellantis invests $10.9 million in #Archer stock as companies tout collaboration

Commercial variant of #V280 #tiltrotor possible in 2030s, says Bell CEO

https://theaircurrent.com/dispatches/

AIN: The #FAA is seeking public comment on certification standards it has developed for the Leonardo AW609 civil #tiltrotor. More here: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2023-06-09/faa-floats-certification-path-leonardo-aw609-tiltrotor.

I've always thought this thumbwheel which controls engine nacelle tilt in the V-22 was one of the slickest human-machine interface designs #HumanMachineInterface #HumanFactorsDesign #V22 #Osprey #TiltRotor

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

#AviationPhotography #Monochrome
#blackANDwhite #Photography
#Tiltrotor #Aircraft #USMC
#Aviation #NYC

Happy New Year! For this first day of 2023, we've posted a new album in our Vertical Flight Photo Gallery: https://gallery.vtol.org/album/JzYM

This is a collection of #VTOL and other aircraft at #Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (#NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. #VFS staff photos taken Dec. 29, 2022. CC BY-SA 4.0

United States Marine Corp MV-22 Osprey touching down at Red Beach, Camp Pendleton, California. you can just make out the passengers in the back #milair #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #rotor #chopper #helicopter #tiltrotor #USMC #pendelton #MV22 #AvgeeksofMastodon

15 years after Congress first instigated the #FutureVerticalLift program at the behest of #VFS and our members, and 11+ years after the 1st contract awards, the "Army announces Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract award":
https://army.mil/article/262523

Congrats to #BellFlight, #USArmy and #FVLCFT!

#helicopter #avgeek #rotorcraft #aviation #ArmyAviation #tiltrotor #FLRAA

(Jay Miller photo of first flight, Dec. 18, 2017)

Most of the attention on the FAA's powered-lift rulemaking process relates to #eVTOL aircraft, but it will also shape the entry into service of the Leonardo AW609 #tiltrotor. My story on the implications for the 609 is now live at Vertical Mag: https://verticalmag.com/news/faas-evtol-rulemaking-will-also-impact-leonardo-aw609/

The FAA today announced a proposed update to its air carrier definition to include powered-lift operations: https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/notice-proposed-rulemaking-air-carrier-definitions

It's mostly an administrative change, but necessary to enable winged #eVTOL and #tiltrotor (i.e. AW609) aircraft to be used in commercial operations.

Bell Boeing CMV-22B as it makes a high speed pass in Amarillo, Texas.

[Tom Stanton] Builds an Osprey

https://hackaday.com/2022/10/08/tom-stanton-builds-an-osprey/

#dronehacks #collective #helicopter #swashplate #tiltrotor #cyclic #Osprey #pitch #V-22 #vtol #rc