Rob Mark

Ampaire last month flew its Electric EEL aircraft on a 20-minute flight from Maui’s Kahului Airport across the island to Hana and back on a single battery charge. The company is now flying the route regularly in a one-month demonstration program with Hawai’i-based Mokulele Airlines, one of 15 airlines that signed a Letter of Interest […]

Dassault Aviation unveiled its first completed Falcon 6X in a virtual event on December 8 from the company’s Merignac hangar in Bordeaux, France. The event was hosted by TV journalist and pilot Miles O’Brien. Approximately 4,000 people tuned in from around the globe for the event. The 6X is the successor to the 5X program […]

In order to protect pilots and passengers from items that could come loose and fly around the cockpit of a variety of Textron Aviation aircraft, the DOT recently issued SAFO 20016 focused on operators that have installed a center console manufactured by Saircorp. These consoles are fitted between the front seats of Cessna aircraft models […]

Flying taxi startup, Germany-based Lilium, says it will build its first US transportation hub—a new 56,000 sq ft vertiport—at the Lake Nona community in Orlando, Florida. Lilium wants to create a network of electrically-powered air taxis capable of short, high-speed flights, something the company expects will become a reality within the next 10 years. When […]

Icon Aircraft’s Jason Huang said, “Our owners have put more than 20,000 total hours on their A5s, and one theme we’ve heard from them, in addition to the incredible fun they’re having, is the desire for an upgraded avionics and navigation package.” As Icon’s president, Huang listened to customers’ pleas. By early 2021 customers will […]

Rollie Vincent offered some context about the global pandemic in his remarks about the state of the business aviation market that’s ravaged the globe. His comments came on Wednesday, December 2, at NBAA’s virtual expo, VBACE. “The news of the vaccine developments is showing up in the surveys we’re conducting with the owner/operator community,” he […]

Mike Madsen, Honeywell Aerospace’s CEO, said the company believes strongly in a return to business aviation growth over the next 12 to 18 months, despite the number of people who might think online platforms like Zoom will draw away significant amounts of business. “I think online platforms will have a small effect, maybe five or […]

The Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)—parent organization to the annual AirVenture aviation extravaganza each summer—is inviting enthusiasts from around the world to logon for next month’s EAA Homebuilders Week online that will run from January 26 to 30, 2021. EAA said in a news release, “The weeklong online event coincides with the 68th anniversary […]

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently announced that it earned a $190,000 Cyber Scholarship Program Award from the Department of Defense (DoD) that will help fund the university’s research arm in Prescott, Arizona, as it develops artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to stamp out—or at least help mitigate—cyber threats being posed against aircraft, drones and air traffic control. […]

A technical standard order (TSO) application was recently filed by uAvionix Corporation with the FAA aircraft certification office (ACO) for its flagship Mode S ADS-B Out transponder for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The model, known as the ping200X, includes an altitude encoder that will enable airspace access, regulatory, and Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) acceptance […]