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HI Uplift: Reviving the old, the shock of the new (eventually)

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Mike Stones
19 Apr 22
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The reviving fortunes of the commercial helicopter market, powered by renewed oil and gas demand, coupled with excitement about the deployment of drones and, eventually,…

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Lobo Leasing now owned by CEO and COO

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Alasdair Whyte
2 Nov 21
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Helicopter lease servicing company Lobo Leasing has completed a management buy-out. The company is now wholly owned by CEO Bill Wolf and chief operating officer…

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UK Civil Aviation Authority announces eVTOL safety consortium

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Alasdair Whyte
6 Oct 21
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The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced a new international consortium – eVTOL Safety Leadership Group (eVSLG) – of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)…

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Blade Air Mobility to acquire Trinity Air Medical

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Alasdair Whyte
22 Sep 21
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Blade Air Mobility has entered into a $23m definitive agreement to acquire US-based organ logistics company Trinity Air Medical. It will purchase 100% of the…

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Bristow and Electra to bring mid-mile logistics for retail distribution

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Alasdair Whyte
31 Aug 21
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Bristow Group has made its first move towards advanced air mobility, when it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to purchase 50 eSTOL (electric short…

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GPMS closes Series A funding led by DiamondStream Partners

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Alasdair Whyte
22 Mar 21
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AI predictive maintenance company GPMS International has announced the close of a Series A financing round led by DiamondStream Partners. It did not release the…

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General Motors unveils Cadillac aerial mobility concept

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Alasdair Whyte
19 Jan 21
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General Motors has entered the aerial mobility space after the unveiling of Cadillac-designed concept at the Consumer Electronics Show 2021. The concept currently accommodates a…

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Volocopter to bring electric air taxi services to US cities

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Alasdair Whyte
15 Jan 21
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German air taxi start-up Volocopter announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accepted its application for Type Certificate validation on December 22nd 2020. Volocopter has…

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Blade to go public via SPAC at $825m

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Alasdair Whyte
16 Dec 20
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Helicopter operator Blade is the latest company to go public via a merger with blank check company Experience Investment Corp., an affiliate of KSL Capital…

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One small step for man, a ‘decade leap forward’ for Canada

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Alasdair Whyte
9 Nov 20
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Neil Armstrong would be proud. Or maybe Ryan Gosling would be – since he played him in the powerful moon landing movie First Man. Either…

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A render of an electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle by EmbraerX

EmbraerX launches independent UAM spin-off Eve Solutions

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Alasdair Whyte
15 Oct 20
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After four years of incubation within EmbraerX, Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, Inc. (Eve) has been launched as an independent company in the urban air…

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Helicopter Investor London 2020: Starting with cautious optimism

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Alasdair Whyte
26 Feb 20
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Cautious optimism summed up the mood on the first day of Helicopter Investor’s London 2020 conference. While speakers acknowledged the sector was still grappling with…

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European Rotors – can it fly?

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Alasdair Whyte
24 Jan 20
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This article originally appeared as part of our Helicopter Investor Weekly Newsletter. If you want these articles in your inbox before they appear on the…

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New EHA conference unites eVTOLs and Helicopters

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Alasdair Whyte
22 Jan 20
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A new collaborative conference by the European Helicopter Association (EHA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will bring major helicopter companies, eVTOL start-ups, and…

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Kitty Hawk’s new eVTOL is “barely discernible to the human ear”

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Alasdair Whyte
8 Oct 19
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Kitty Hawk, the Mountain View, California-based eVTOL manufacturer has revealed a third experimental aircraft concept named Heaviside – a vertical take-off and landing craft which…

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EHang linked to Nasdaq IPO

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Alasdair Whyte
27 Sep 19
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EHang, the Chinese drone and eVTOL manufacturer has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to $200 million shares with Nasdaq – according…

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The silver lining to Franky Zapata’s cross-Channel flight cloud

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Alasdair Whyte
30 Jul 19
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Franky Zapata, the flying enthusiast who attempted to cross the English Channel on his personal VTOL on July 25, has been unsuccessful. The VTOL –…

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London must change helicopter policy to keep city open for business

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Terry Spruce
13 May 19
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London – 13th May 2019: London Biggin Hill Airport is warning that the emerging London Policy Plan for Aviation could harm London’s growth by preventing…

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Are eVTOLs sustainable?

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Alasdair Whyte
15 Apr 19
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The University of Michigan and car manufacturer Ford have released a study suggesting that eVTOL vehicles will have a greater impact on the environment than…

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XTI TriFan to fly soon

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Alasdair Whyte
29 Mar 19
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The XTI TriFan hybrid VTOL will be starting proof-of-concept test flights soon. The Colarado-based manufacturer has revealed the first full-scale, proof-of-concept design for the TriFan…

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