Rotorcraft

The EASA Annual Safety Review is published today. The Rotorcraft part starts on Page 77.

https://www.easa.europa.eu/newsroom-and-events/news/easa-annual-safety-…

You can now submit papers for the EASA Rotorcraft and VTOL Symposium up to 9 September. Get to work everyone :)

https://www.easa.europa.eu/newsroom-and-events/events/easa-rotorcraft-a…

FAA Safety Briefing - How to Make Well-informed Aviation Weather Decisions
General Aviation Joint Safety Committee (GAJSC), Aug. 2022
https://medium.com/faa/use-of-weather-information-a16cc1d4c003

You have access to more #weather information than ever before, but do you know how to use it? This #FlySafe topic covers how to make the most of weather resources.

See also EASA Sunny Swift issue 17 and issue 12:
https://www.easa.europa.eu/newsroom-and-events/news/sunny-swift-weather…;
https://www.easa.europa.eu/newsroom-and-events/news/sunny-swift-weather….

EASA Vacancy notices in the CT Directorate: deadline extended to Sep.1st, 2022 https://erecruitment.easa.europa.eu/Home

Missed the original deadline?
There is still time to apply and join EASA!

EASA vacancy notices in the Certification Directorate expiring on August 11, 2022

May I kindly invite you to share these vacancy notices through your professional networks and on social media? Thanks.

EASA/AD/2022/007
Flight Test Pilot – Rotary Wing

EASA/AD/2022/008
Propulsion Project Certification Manager / Powerplant and Fuel Systems Expert

EASA/AD/2022/009
New Propulsion Technologies Certification Expert

EASA website: https://www.easa.europa.eu/newsroom-and-events/news/apply-now-one-our-v…
eRecruitment: https://erecruitment.easa.europa.eu/Home

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6948269309773152257
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/European.Aviation.Safety.Agency/posts/10160022…
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EASA/status/1542504073152188418

EASA is inviting PhD students from European universities and research entities to submit abstracts of their PhD thesis related to the following areas of interest that will be covered during the 2023 conference:

- Artificial intelligence (AI) in aviation.
- Impact of climate change and extreme weather phenomena on the air transport system.
- Environmental sustainability (emissions, noise, air quality, other nuisance,..).
- New approaches and methods for safety risk management.

Follow the link here for more information.

https://www.easa.europa.eu/newsroom-and-events/press-releases/easa-deep…

VAST Rotorcraft Safety Technology survey, June 2022
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VAST2022

You are kindly invited to take and promote through your professional networks and on social media this Rotorcraft Safety Technology survey developed by the Vertical Aviation Safety Team (VAST) WG Technology, chaired by Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director, Vertical Flight Society (VFS).

Many thanks for your contribution!

VFS World eVTOL Aircraft Directory and SGS Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Indexes: Get it all in a few clicks!

https://evtol.news/aircraft
VFS have categorised all known electric and hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) concepts in the World eVTOL Aircraft Directory. First started in 2016, it now catalogues 650+ aircraft.

https://aamrealityindex.com/
SGS Consulting have developed two indexes:
- The AAM Reality Index, tracking the likelihood of an OEM certifying their aircraft, entering service and producing it in thousand of units per year;

- The AAM Infrastructure Readiness Index, tracking the readiness of the infrastructure that will house the vehicles' operations.

Useful instruments?
Leave your comment below.

HAI Spotlight on Safety: What’s in Your Head? May 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_alVVcL6E
https://rotormedia.com/spotlight-on-safety-whats-in-your-head/

In this HAI Spotlight on Safety, Vice Chair of the HAI Board of Directors Jeff Smith, HAI Director of Safety Chris Hill, HAI Policy Analyst Emma Taylor, and mechanic and HAI Ambassador Faith Ortega offer their thoughts after completing the “56 Seconds to Live” virtual reality challenge at #haiexpo22 in Dallas, Texas. To learn more, visit USHST.org/56secs.

See also these EASA Community Rotorcraft articles:
https://www.easa.europa.eu/community/topics/weather-threats-vmc-flights;
https://www.easa.europa.eu/community/topics/weather-threats-vmc-flights….

Mountainflyers first helicopter flight school to offer training on EASA-qualified VR simulator - Vertical, May 10, 2022
https://verticalmag.com/press-releases/mountainflyers-first-helicopter-…
https://www.mountainflyers.ch/
https://vrm-switzerland.ch/

Mountainflyers of Berne, Switzerland, has become the first training organisation to operate the first virtual reality training device qualified by EASA.