14 October 2021 – Morning Call Top Aviation News Stories

Welcome to Morning Call for October 14, 2021, and the Top Aviation News Stories for today.  You can also search our Archives for older news stories by date.  

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Commercial Aviation

• Boeing tells workers they must get Covid-19 vaccine – Wings
• Plug Power, Airbus, to study green hydrogen for future aircraft and airports – MarketWatch
• Pearl 700 pushes G700 beyond its typical limitations – BAN
• Boeing proposes redesign to prevent deadly engine-cover failures – BNN

Business Aviation

• PC12 now covered by Blackhawk upgrade STC – BAN
• Piaggio unveils next-gen twin – AIN
• Diamond unveils plans for all-electric EDA40 training aircraft – Future Flight
• Pilatus deals with the backlog of orders – BAN

Airlines

• A Ryanair flight from Tenerife to Charleroi hit by volcanic ashes returns to departure airport – Aviation 24
• Travelers, welcome to the revolution in overhead bin size – WSJ
• United begins P&W powered 777 ahead of AD – AirlineWeekly
• Delta Air Lines acquires two more second-hand Airbus A350s – FlightGlobal
• Airlines won’t comply with Texas governor’s ban on vaccine mandates – ARSTechnica

 Urban Air Mobility

• Germany: Volocopter shows off VoloDrone with first public flight – UAMNews

Social Media

• Plane engine caught fire – Twitter

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