VoltAero’s Cassio 1 hybrid-electric testbed aircraft is anticipated to surpass 10,000 km of flight en route to the AERO Friedrichshafen general aviation trade show in Germany.
A large white tent in the middle of an English Midland town center parking lot is providing the advanced air mobility industry with a sense of the infrastructure it may need to serve its customers.
Asia-Pacific charter operator Sino Jet recently introduced a Dassault Falcon 7X to the island province of Hainan, China, where it has established a satellite office under the Hainan Free Trade Port Law.
Autonomous electric aircraft developer Pyka has closed a $37 million Series A funding round to support production of its Pelican uncrewed crop sprayer and develop a cargo version of the aircraft.
In a bid to promote the commercialization of drone-based products and services, a plan to build a 165-mi. network of drone “superhighways” linking cities across the UK has been submitted by a consortium led by unified traffic management provider Altitude Angel.
The FAA, in an emergency order on April 1, revoked the private pilot certificate of a pilot, Trevor Jacob, alleging Jacob purposely crashed his 1940 single-engine Taylorcraft in California’s Los Padres National Forest for the purpose of filming it.
Levaero Aviation, an aircraft sales and service company known as an Authorized Pilatus Aircraft Sales and Service Centre in Canada, has announced the opening of a new facility at the Collingwood Regional Airport (CNY3), in Collingwood, Ontario.
Aerobility, a UK aviation nonprofit offering the disabled the opportunity to fly, is showcasing its Grob G109B Able motorglider at Aero Fridrichshafen in its first public display in Europe.
Chinese startup TCab Tech has conducted transition flight tests with a 50%-scale demonstrator of its planned E20 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Current sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are limited to a maximum 50% blend with conventional jet fuels because most of them lack a key ingredient―aromatic hydrocarbons that cause seals in engines to swell and prevent fuel leaks.
Preowned business jet inventory for sale in April fell 54% compared to a year ago to 580 aircraft, or 2.3% of the total fleet, including all models and vintages, but was flat compared to March, according to Jefferies.
Eric Martel, Bombardier’s president and CEO, was in Wichita April 19 for Bombardier’s announcement that it was designating the site as its U.S. headquarters.
MedXpress, the FAA’s system that allows anyone requesting an FAA Medical Certificate or Medical Clearance to electronically complete an application, now allows applicants to track the status of their medical certificates online throughout the application process.
FAA Acting Administrator Billy Nolen visited Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) in Denton, Texas, recently to highlight the $20 billion federal investment in airports contained in infrastructure legislation signed into law in November 2021.
Vertical Aerospace expects to certificate its VX4 air taxi concurrently with the UK and Europe, with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency agreeing to validate UK Civil Aviation Authority type certification of the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
BAE Systems plans to provide energy-management components, including the battery and cabling, for the megawatt-class hybrid electric propulsion system being developed by GE Aviation under the recently awarded NASA Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project.
New Zealand’s Ocean Flyer, a new company formed by the owner of small charter operator Air Napier, has placed firm deposits with U.S. startup Regent for 25 sea-skimming electric seagliders for harbor-to-harbor overwater regional transportation.
Advanced air mobility developer Beta Technologies has raised $375 million in financing to support ongoing development of its Alia-250 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and ground charging infrastructure.
Five months after announcing a partnership with NetJets, Amber Aviation has taken delivery of its first Gulfstream G450s and has launched China’s first fractional ownership program, company officials say.
Despite advances in electric propulsion and battery energy density, as well as a patent filing showing its interest in hybrid-electric systems, Bell is taking a more conventional route to AFWerx’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing Challenge.
