Stephen Pope

Rolls-Royce has begun ground testing a hybrid propulsion system using its M250 gas turbine engine for helicopters that the company says will clear the way for experimental flights on aircraft within two years. The company said it successfully tested the hybrid-electric version of the M250 gas turbine in a ground demonstration setting using three operating […]

Faradair, a startup aircraft maker based in the UK, launched an 18-seat hybrid-propulsion aircraft it hopes to fly by 2022 and introduce to the market by 2025. Revealed at the Revolution.Aero Europe 2019 show in London, the so-called Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft is being developed for passenger operations as well as cargo roles. The concept […]

After years of development, German aircraft manufacturer Horten Aircraft GmbH will show a prototype flying wing, which is already undergoing flight testing, at the upcoming Aero Friedrichshafen air show in Germany, next month. The Horten prototype is billed as a “highly modern, economical two-seat tailless light aircraft without a fuselage.” It will be displayed in […]

Whelen Engineering’s purchase of LoPresti Aviation has led to the creation of a powerhouse in aviation lighting as Whelen and LoPresti products are now joined under a new entity called Whelen Aviation Technologies. Whelen completed its acquisition of LoPresti last month and has now begun the work of integrating the two well-known brand names under […]

More than two dozen airlines around the world have grounded their fleets of Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliners after the second deadly crash of the type in less than five months. A number of countries have also banned the airplane from operating in their airspace as crash investigators work to determine what may have caused […]

A tire that can morph into an aircraft propeller? Goodyear thinks it’s the perfect solution for autonomous flying cars of the future that would ride on the thin, airless tires, which could then pivot like a tiltrotor to provide propulsion as the wheel’s spokes double as fan blades. The Goodyear Aero concept introduced this week […]

A New Jersey appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling that struck down the town of Readington’s attempt to condemn Solberg-Hunterdon Airport, dealing a major victory to the airport’s owners after a protracted legal battle that has dragged on for well over a decade. At issue is the airport owners’ desire to expand the main […]

The deadly outbreak of tornadoes that killed at least 23 people on Sunday brought heavy destruction to Alabama’s Eufaula Municipal Airport, ripping apart hangars and destroying dozens of airplanes including a number of jets. Several tornadoes hit the state on Sunday afternoon, including a “monster tornado” that reached an estimated wind speed of 170 mph, […]

The Cirrus Life. Now at jet speed. That’s the tagline Cirrus Aircraft created after the market introduction in late 2016 of the SF50 Vision Jet, a product that is positioned as an ideal step-up airplane for a competent owner of a Cirrus SR22 and who already well understands and embraces all that life entails. The […]

Cirrus Aircraft had a very good year. The manufacturer announced yesterday that new aircraft deliveries for the piston SR Series reached 380 in 2018, an increase of 7 percent over 2017, and said increased production and deliveries of the Vision Jet, with 63 delivered last year, resulted in just shy of 100 Vision Jets now […]