XTI Aerospace Conducts “General Familiarisation Presentation of Trifan 600 VLCA to FAA” 

XTI Aero­space recent­ly announced it has con­duct­ed a Gen­er­al Famil­iari­sa­tion (Gen Fam) pre­sen­ta­tion of the Tri­Fan 600 VLCA (Ver­ti­cal Lift Crossover Air­craft) with the Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FAA), reports a press release. This pre­sen­ta­tion is an impor­tant mile­stone towards FAA Type Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion for the Tri­Fan. 

More than 60 FAA rep­re­sen­ta­tives includ­ing mem­bers from the Cen­tral Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Office as well as avi­a­tion experts from across the U.S attend­ed the event.

The release explains, “Over the past few years, XTI has worked with the ‘FAA’s Cen­tre for Emerg­ing Con­cepts & Inno­va­tion divi­sion (AIR-650)’ to pro­vide input toward the devel­op­ment of the draft Advi­so­ry Cir­cu­lar 21.17–4 ‘Type Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion — Pow­ered-lift,’ which guides the Tri­Fan 600’s cer­ti­fi­ca­tion process.”

It goes on, “The Gen Fam meet­ing served to pro­vide the FAA with a detailed overview of the Tri­Fan 600’s inno­v­a­tive and advanced design, sys­tems, per­for­mance para­me­ters and ver­ti­cal lift capa­bil­i­ties. Dur­ing the pre­sen­ta­tion, XTI also cov­ered a range of tech­ni­cal areas, includ­ing the Tri­Fan 600’s safe­ty fea­tures and its nov­el duct­ed fan propul­sion tech­nol­o­gy.” 

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Scott Pomeroy, CEO of XTI, com­ment­ed, “Com­ple­tion of the Gen Fam pre­sen­ta­tion is a sig­nif­i­cant step for­ward for the Tri­Fan 600 and our vision for trans­form­ing air trav­el.”

The air­craft rep­re­sents a new gen­er­a­tion of VTOL, com­bin­ing the capa­bil­i­ties of tak­ing off and land­ing like a heli­copter with fly­ing as effi­cient­ly as a fixed-wing air­plane. This new VLCA cat­e­go­ry, “Rep­re­sents a trans­for­ma­tive solu­tion for a vari­ety of appli­ca­tions, includ­ing advanced air mobil­i­ty, region­al trans­porta­tion, emer­gency med­ical ser­vices (EMS), and cor­po­rate trav­el,” con­tin­ues the release.  

Don Pur­dy

Don Pur­dy, SVP of Busi­ness & Pro­gram Devel­op­ment, remarked, “The Gen Fam meet­ing pro­vid­ed us with an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to demon­strate to the FAA, how the Tri­Fan 600 will address the crit­i­cal com­mod­i­ty of ‘time’. We believe that the air­craft will offer cus­tomers an abil­i­ty to enjoy effi­cient point-to-point trav­el, enhance busi­ness speed and be a trans­for­ma­tive solu­tion for a vari­ety of appli­ca­tions, includ­ing advanced air mobil­i­ty, region­al trans­porta­tion, and emer­gency med­ical ser­vices.”

For more infor­ma­tion

XTIAerospace.com 

(Images: XTI Aero­space)

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