Aircraft

Lilium, a Germany-based electric jet maker, has announced plans to sell 220 of its aircraft to Brazilian airline Azul in a $1 billion commercial deal. If finalized, the agreement will represent the single largest order in the eVTOL startup’s history, which has previously announced network launch plans in Europe and the US. As part of […]

SAMAD Aerospace, a tech start-up based in the United Kingdom, says it has completed hover tests for its second prototype eVTOL aircraft, the eStarling. Designed for intercity transport, the aircraft combines a helicopter’s ability to take off and land from almost anywhere with the speed and range of a business jet, according to a news […]

Excitement over electric flight is palpable. That excitement has the folks at Bye Aerospace, an Englewood, Colorado-based electric aircraft company, very busy. George Bye, the company’s founder and CEO, provided an update his company’s work at EAA AirVenture last week. Bye Aerospace has established itself as a leader in the emerging all-electric aircraft industry. While […]

In a bid toward its goal of a zero-emissions fleet, DHL Express announced that it has ordered 12 fully electric Alice aircraft from Eviation. The eCargo airplane features two rear-mounted, tractor-configuration magni650 propulsion units rated at 850 shp/640 kW. The order cements DHL Express as a first-mover toward a zero-emissions fleet, whether passenger or cargo. […]

Jessica Cox, a pilot born without arms, will partner with Van’s Aircraft to design an airplane that can be operated using only your feet, it was announced last week. “We are going to design a custom, retrofitted RV-10 to be flown with feet,” Cox said. Greg Hughes, Van’s vice president and COO, says his company […]

Have a look at the various aircraft types parked on the ramp of a busy general aviation airport, and the mission of each quickly becomes evident. Lancairs and Mooneys utilize their sleek lines to achieve speed and efficiency. Well-worn flight school aircraft spend their days enduring all the various lessons learned by the steady stream […]

When you reach back 75 years for the memories, they come to you in bits and scraps. Recounting them feels disjointed, out of sequence, stripped through with a full range of emotions—much like the war you lived through, perhaps, or the otherworldliness of returning to those countries now at peace. Lieutenant Colonel David Hamilton is […]

In May 2020, Tecnam announced the pending certification of the update to the P2010 series, the P2010TDI. With a 170-hp Continental CD-170 engine up front, the version offers an option for pilots who want the ability to operate on diesel or Jet-A. At EAA AirVenture 2021, the company announced the availability of the four-seat, metal-and-carbon-fiber […]

Van’s Aircraft dropped a bomb at EAA’s AirVenture last week, announcing a—wait for it—high wing backcountry airplane. The company didn’t make a big deal of the major news and there was no official announcement. But Van’s vice president and COO Greg Hughes confirmed that the company is in the process of building an all-metal, high-wing […]

Volocopter’s mission is simple: bring urban air mobility to life. A Volocopter 2X flight at EAA AirVenture on Tuesday, July 27, helped refine that mission. It represented the first ever publicly-crewed test flight of a fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi in the US. The aircraft took off at 2:45 pm and […]