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VoltAero performed world first flight of an electric-hybrid aircraft with 100% SAF by TotalEnergies

VoltAero has flown the proprietary electric-hybrid powertrain for its Cassio family of aircraft with 100% sustainable fuel provided by TotalEnergies. Conducted from VoltAero development facility at Royan, France, the flight used the hybrid powertrain’s electric mode and its inte...

KLM Flight Academy training fleet replacement with 14 Diamond aircraft

KLM Flight Academy is committed to greener flight training and has decided to replace its aging AVGAS fleet with state-of-the-art, jet-fuel powered Diamond training aircraft, which are renowned for their economy and sustainability by burning up to 50% less fuel and producing less CO2 and noise emiss...

Experience the future of flight: Ampaire takes center stage at Palo Alto Airport Day

Ampaire is back in the lower 48 states with its hybrid electric EEL demonstrator aircraft. After the remarkable success on the challenging Alaska trip, the company is set to draw attention to its groundbreaking aircraft at Palo Alto Airport Day, an event that embodies the spirit of innovation and progress. As part of the airport day, Ampaire’s Founder and CEO, Kevin Noertker, will...

Enabling rapid wildfire response with prepositioned autonomous aircraft - Rain announces $9.7M in seed financing

Rain announced an oversubscribed seed round, closing $9.7 million in financing earlier this year to provide fire agencies the ability to contain wildfires before they grow out of control with prepositioned autonomous aircraft. DBL Partners led the round, with participation from Volo Earth Ventures, Kapor Capital and Convective Capital. Other investors include Immad Akhund, Brian Bjelde,...

TECNAM P2012 lands in Hawaii after 15-hour ferry flight over the ocean

TECNAM delivered first batch of two P2012 Traveller aircraft to Pacific Air Charter in Hawaii. Following the delivery of the first aircraft in August 2023, this second aircraft took off from Santa Maria (SMX) California and arrived in Honolulu (HNL) after a 14h 57m flight over the sea. With a third P2012 aircraft currently being assembled at Tecnam’s facility in Capua, Italy, and 2...

UK production of Islander aircraft begins at Britten-Norman

Britten-Norman, has begun UK production of the Islander,having shifted its manufacturing back to the UK from overseas. This historic moment is the culmination of years of strategic planning and follows the announcement by the company in June that new aircraft production was to be fully repatriated to its flagship manufacturing site in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. A ribbon-cutting took...

First of seven Lilium Jet fuselages go into production

Lilium has achieved a significant development milestone with the commencement of fuselage assembly for the Lilium Jet, which remains on track for expected first manned flight planned in late 2024. The start of fuselage assembly serves as another tangible manifestation of Lilium’s strategic roadmap, demonstrating Lilium’s ability to progress from vision to execution. This is the fi...

Solid-state battery supply chain for eVTOLs - EHang invests in lithium metal battery tech company

EHang announced a strategic investment in Shenzhen Inx Technology Co. and its plan to cooperate with Inx on the research, development and production of solid-state lithium metal batteries for EHang AAV products. This PreA+ funding round of Inx was led by GL Ventures, with the participation from Connected Intelligence Fund, Qilu Qianhai Fund, EHang, and its existing investo...

Record-breaking fleet agreement for up to 1,500 Cessna Citation jets - Textron Aviation & NetJets

NetJets and Textron Aviation announced a record-breaking fleet agreement for the option for NetJets to purchase up to 1,500 additional Cessna Citation business jets over the next 15 years. This agreement extends NetJets’ existing fleet agreement, and includes options for an increasing number of aircraft each year, enabling NetJets to expand its fleet with Cessna Citation Ascend,&nb...

Maldivian modernises regional fleet with further ATR 42-600

Maldivian and ATR signed a firm order for two ATR 42-600. These highly-efficient new aircraft will join the airline existing regional fleet, including two ATR 72-600 and one ATR 42-600, to replace older generation turboprops. With these modern aircraft, powered by extra efficient PW127XT engines and featuring a spacious and appealing cabin, Maldivian will offer further reliable...

New Praetor full-flight simulator in Europe & new location in U.S. - Embraer and FlightSafety

Embraer and FlightSafety International opened new Praetor full-flight simulator in Orlando, Florida. The simulator is already qualified by the FAA. Initial training for customers is available this month with the recurrent training scheduled to start in October. Both companies also announced the launch of the fourth Praetor simulator, which will be based in Europe, at a location to be announce...

TECNAM launches P2012 with IMSAR systems

TECNAM announced further expansion of mission capabilities for P2012 aircraft series with Apex Aviation, in Taiwan, with a MoU for a special mission P2012 Sentinel SMP dedicated to surveillance and maritime patrolling with IMSAR mission equipment. Apex, based in Taitung, has purchased the first P2012 for skydive and aerial tourism in cooperation with Taitung government in 2022. A second P2012...

Innovating sustainable tech - Tamarack recruiting more top engineers to support growing demand

Tamarack now is focused on commercial operators and sustainability initiatives.We've already reported on regional airline market with DeHavilland Q400 platform as well as interest from Airbus A320 operators – both derived from fuel savings on a platform that is both ubiquitous and responsible for the majority of global aviation emissions. Tamarack is actively eng...

Birthplace of aviation, Dayton, Ohio, selected by Joby Aviation for first scaled manufacturing facility

Joby Aviation plans to locate its first scaled aircraft production facility in Dayton, Ohio, the birthplace of aviation. The Wright Brothers, who invented and flew the first powered aircraft, lived and worked in Dayton and opened the first airplane factory in the United States there in 1910. The city is also home to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and the headquarters of the U.S. Air Fo...

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