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Pratt & Whitney Completes First Hybrid-Electric Ground Test
This week saw the first engine run which is destined for Pratt & Whitney's hybrid-electric demonstrator. Eventually that demonstrator is expected to make its first flight on a Dash 8 regional airliner as the test bed in 2024. The test saw a 1 MW electric motor produced by Collins Aerospace along with an unnamed turbine engine for a combined power output of 2 MW which is similar in power to the PW121 turboprop engine...
Joby Halfway Through Four System Review By FAA
Joby Aviation is continuing to make progress towards their certification of their Joby eVTOL. The company recently completed the second of four System reviews required by the American-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The series of System Reviews serve to validate the overall architecture of the aircraft and ensure the Company’s development process is on track to satisfy the FAA’s safety objectives associated with complex aircraft systems...
100% SAF Powered Flight For Gulfstream G650
The Gulfstream G650/ER model has been out of the news for a while but it is now back in the spotlight thanks to an amazing achievement which presses the aircraft forward on the sustainability front. Gulfstream can now attest that it has flown a G650 model on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Normally, jets that use SAF use it as a blend with traditional fuel -usually 50/50 ratio mix-. The aircraft is still utilizing the same BR725 powerplants by Rolls Royce...
Citation XLS/Excel Approved For Garmin G5000 Upgrade
In the last few days the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the Garmin G5000 flightdeck for the Cessna Citation Excel and XLS models. This particular avionics suite is fairly popular as an upgrade for some of these Citation jets. Honeywell Primus 1000 is what was in XLS/Excel models originally and the G5000 is quite the upgrade...
Hydrogen-Electric Airship Flight In A Few Years
A hydrogen-electric powered airship could be coming in the next few years thanks to a collaboration between H3 Dynamics and HyLight. HyLight and H3 Dynamics started working together several months ago in France. HyLight has now achieved the first successful hydrogen-electric flight test campaign in Milan, Italy...
Eviation Signs LOI With Air New Zealand
Eviation, the maker of the forthcoming all-electric aircraft the Alice has signed a deal with Air New Zealand that will likely see it deliver up to 23 of the type to the flag-carrier airline of New Zealand. The airline is starting to roll-out its Mission Next Gen aircraft program which will see the airline adopt several ways to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable...
Latest Update On BOOM Supersonic
The latest update on BOOM Supersonic is concerned with the engine and engine manufacturer of the powerplant for the new Overture jet. In our last update we provided information on the demise of the relationship between Rolls Royce and BOOM which at the time was the powerplant provider for this supersonic jet. With Rolls Royce out of the picture, BOOM was left with no major engine manufacturer to provide engines for their forthcoming supersonic jet...
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...
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