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Morphing Wing To Be Flight Tested On Citation VII
Airbus is continually investing in breakthrough technologies which will benefit future flight for both business and commercial aviation. The end-game here is to be as efficient as possible while being sustainable. To this end, Airbus is soon going to be testing a 'morphing wing' on a business jet demonstrator platform, a Citation VII in 2024...
Sabena Installs Leonardo Defense System on Global 7500
Normally this is perhaps news that you would expect to hear coming out of the defense industry. Countermeasure systems are usually installed on military aircraft depending on the application and some governmental aircraft also may be fitted with different systems but it is not the norm to see a Bombardier Global 7500 purpose-built executive jet have a countermeasure systems installed...
Airbus Hydrogen Fuel-cell Engine In The Works
JF published a news article on the 28th of November concerning the world's first full-scale ground engine test ran on green hydrogen which was conducted by Rolls Royce in conjunction with EasyJet. Further news has emerged regarding Airbus' efforts to develop a hydrogen-run powerplant. The commercial airframer suggests that it has been working on this technology and expects the technology to be in real-world testing by the middle of this decade. The is an Airbus A380 (MSN1) that will be utilized as the testbed...
Forthcoming Falcon 6X P&WC 812D Engine Certified By FAA
The forthcoming Dassault Falcon 6X is going to be powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW812D engines. This powerplant was just certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a few days ago. Naturally Transport Canada already certified it as well as the European (Union) Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The American FAA is now the third major regulatory agency to certify the engine for the Falcon 6X...
Global 8000 Flagship To Enter Service With NetJets
The Global 8000 will be the newest offering from Canadian airframer Bombardier and to kick off the new model's entry-into-service will be fractional ownership powerhouse NetJets. At this stage the company has made an order for just four of the flagship model aircraft. We say 'just' because NetJets is accustomed to ordering very large numbers especially for brand new models. Those 4 aircraft though will cost the company over 300 million dollars...
World's First Modern Aero Engine Run On 'Green' Hydrogen
Sustainable Aviation practices are continuing to ramp up and not just with the utilization of LED lighting and use of electric vehicles and equipment at airports or powering aircraft with blended SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel). Recently Rolls Royce made a test on a modern aero engine that was fed by hydrogen! It is the world's first known full-scale ground-test run on pure green hydrogen...
Latest On Lilium's eVTOL Progress
German eVTOL company Lilium has been working to bring its Lilium Jet eVTOL to market by 2025. As time progresses the eVTOL airframers need to transition from simply testing on a single technology demonstrator to expanding the test regime with multiple aircraft so the testing can be focused on different aspects across different aircraft. Lilium is currently on that trajectory with them making the push to secure nearly 120 million dollars from their existing shareholders...
First Hybrid-Electric Plane Flies For Ampaire
Ampaire has flown its first hybrid-electric plane. The aircraft utilized is a Cessna Grand Caravan that has been modified with Ampaire's integrated propulsion system of a compression ignition engine and an electric engine. They call it the Eco Caravan. At present it is a hybrid aircraft and eventually the company may endeavour to fully electrify the aircraft. However, it isn't very easy to decarbonize aviation and with current battery tech limiting range, sometimes hybrid is the best methodology to use...
Speed Records Set By Tamarack -Modified King Air 350
A Beechcraft King Air 350 that is equipped with a Tamarack's 'SMARTWING' set speed records between two point. The claims were submitted to the National Aeronautic Association and the European Federation Aeronautique International. The two city-pairs identified was non-stop from Spokane, WA to Orlando, FL and the second was established after departing this year's NBAA-BACE in Orlando and flying to Henderson, NV. The non-stop 2,032.8 nautical miles flight from Idaho to Orlando on October 16 took 7 hours and 46 minutes...
Raisbeck Engineering Test Flight Ends In Tragedy
A test flight that was being carried out on a Cessna Grand Caravan 208B EX ended tragically. The aircraft which was leased to engineering/modification company Raisbeck Engineering was conducting flights to evaluate and garner aircraft performance data before a modification was made. The data from this flight was likely to be utilized as the 'control' to compare information to when the Raisbeck Engineering modification would have been made. Below is a look at the crash site as seen on 'King-TV'...
Archer Aviation 'Midnight' and Two Key Suppliers Unveiled To Public
Over a month ago Archer Aviation said that it would unveil the final version of its Maker eVTOL to the public. The unveiling date was set for November 16th. True to their word, the final form-factor aircraft -that they dub as 'Midnight'- has been revealed and the version that will go into production once the aircraft is greenlighted in 2025. Below is an image of the four-seat Archer Aviation 'Midnight'...
Unpaved Field Ops Approved For Piper M600/SLS
The latest addition in the growing improvements to the Piper M600/SLS single engine turboprop flagship is certification for unpaved field operations. The green-light has been awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Piper has received numerous requests from different sectors around the world and this has pushed the airframer in the direction for developing the capability for their flagship. The airframer is also pleased to announce kit approval has also been completed for Canada, the UK, and Europe (EASA). Brazil certification is expected in early 2023...
First Beechcraft Texan II Delivered To Tunisian Air Force
Textron Aviation has delivered the first Beechcraft Texan II aircraft to The Tunisian Air Force as well as the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). The aircraft will be inducted into the Tunisian Air Force in support of operations at No. 13 Squadron at Sfax Air Base in Tunisia. "Textron Aviation Defense is honored the Tunisian Air Force has chosen the world’s best and most affordable military trainer — the legendry Beechcraft T-6C Texan II — as its next primary trainer," said Fouad Kasri, director of Sales & Strategy for Africa and the Middle East, Textron Aviation Defense...
VoltAero; TESI Partners On Cassio 330 Electric Hybrid
VoltAero is one company that is currently working on their prototype Cassio 330 for electric-hybrid flight in the future. It isn't quite an eVTOL as it won't be taking off and or landing vertically and transitioning into forward flight. However, it is an aircraft that goes a long way to reducing emissions and efficiency. VoltAero's latest endeavours recently came in the form of a new partnership with a company called TESI (Tecnologie E Servizi Innovativi S.r.l.) which gives VoltAero a needed capital boost as well as an industrial partner. The following renderings are VoltAero generated renders...
HondaJet ELITE II Certified By FAA
Having been unveiled to the public at the recently concluded NBAA-BACE, the latest iteration of the HondaJet, the HondaJet ELITE II has now been given certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This paves the way for deliveries of the newest iteration to customers. The ELITE II is now the move-on from the predecessor ELITE S. The ELITE II offers a number of improvements over the S model as all previous iterations...
Umiles Next Commences Flight Testing With Its eVTOL
Umiles Next is another company that is endeavouring in the eVTOL space to have a craft operational before the 2030s. This company is a little lesser known than many of the other established eVTOL ventures but it is already at a stage where flight testing has started on prototypes. The prototypes will help the company solidify the final version of the Concept Integrity eVTOL. Umiles Next is a Spanish based company and is currently underway near Jaén, Spain...
Gulfstream G700 Sets City Pair To Vietnam; Debuts In Asia-Pacific
The Gulfstream G700 was at the NBAA-BACE just before taking off to endeavour on a world tour which is designed to test all the systems from technical to cabin environment in real-world operations. The G700 joins the Gulfstream G600 and Gulfstream G650ER at an exclusive event at Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh Province, hosted by Sun Air LLC, the Hanoi-based business aviation service company and Gulfstream’s authorized international sales representative in Vietnam. The aircraft is making its Vietnam debut and by extension, Asia-Pacific...
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Propulsion In The Works By MagniX
Electric planes via the utilization of battery technology will never be the sole solution for battling de-carbonization efforts in the aviation industry. That is why there are companies currently working on other applications such as hydrogen. MagniX, a company based in Everett, Washington, United States, is known for its prowess in electric propulsion. In fact, the first flight of the Eviation ALICE towards the end of September was made possible by MagniX using a pair of MagniX650 electric motors...
Airborne Starlink Details Emerge
SpaceX's Starlink low-earth orbit satellite product is rolling out more and more. We are seeing its applications on houses, yachts and RV's but the next step is to have it working on airplanes. That next step has been in the works and it looks like it may be coming sooner than expected. SpaceX is currently looking to establish partners to develop supplemental type certificate (STC) upgrades...
GE HF120 Completes 100% SAF Tests
The GE HF120 powerplant that powers Honda Aircraft Company's HondaJet line has successfully concluded trials that involved the consumption of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). In an aviation world that is growing ever more bent towards sustainability and environmental responsibility SAF is a huge step to meeting these goals. The SAF utilized in the tests was derived from a feedstock of plant-based used cooking oil, waste fats, and greases...
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