Trent 1000/Dreamliner Combo Set for Trip Between Heathrow and JFK Next November Virgin Atlantic and Rolls-Royce have said that everything is looking good for their November 28th SAF flight from JFK to Heathrow. A series of successful ground tests involving...
“Ensuring this new generation of aircraft maintains the highest level of operational safety that defines commercial aviation today.” Source: From a statement by our dear friends at the FAA, describing its role in integrating AAM into the U.S. National Airspace...
Also: General Atomics 8M Hours, Nova-C Lunar Lander, Mayman Aerospace Speeder, Virgin Galactic Engineers have completed a successful stratospheric flight trial of BAE Systems’ High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS). Dubbed PHASA-35, the UAS soared, over a...
Much Ado About Nothing On 20 July GAMA praised the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 3935, the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act. Known informally as the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill, the legislation contemporaneously...
USAF Investigates Alleged RIAT Mishap The U.S. Air Force is investigating an incident in which one of the service’s B-52H Stratofortress allegedly damaged runway lighting while taking part in a 16 July demonstration at 2023’s Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT)...
Aerobility Initiatives Continue to Change Lives Claire Tonkinson, a disabled woman from London, England is the first individual with a disability to have earned a TMG (Touring Motor-Glider) Class Rating through Aerobility’s training initiatives. She earned the rating in a...
FAA to Imminently Vet Autonomous Flight System Founded in 2017 by CEO Robert Rose and CTO Jureg Frefel for purpose of bringing safe, certified automation systems to commercial aviation, Mountain View, California-based Reliable Robotics made known that the certification plan...
South Carolina eVTOL Network Planned SkyDrive Inc., a Tokyo-based Japanese eVTOL maker, and Austin Aviation Inc. a Part 135 charter operator and subsidiary of Waterloo, South Carolina’s Lowcountry Aviation Company (LCA) have announced a pre-order Letter of Intent (LOI) by...
Circle-To-Land Maneuver A maneuver initiated by the pilot to align the aircraft with a runway for landing when a straight-in landing from an instrument approach is not possible or is not desirable. At tower-controlled airports, this maneuver is made only...
“When I fly in an aircraft, the required focus and concentration is a distraction from pain. I am able to sit in an aircraft for longer periods than normally possible. I feel incredibly proud and honored to be Aerobility’s first...