Aircraft

Val Miftakhov is a serial clean energy entrepreneur, and his latest enterprise, ZeroAvia, has come out of its hangar in Hollister, California, and into the public eye. A year and a half ago, Miftakhov founded ZeroAvia to develop a solution to fit a particular aviation market niche—10 to 20 seats and a 500-nm trip radius—that […]

Greensboro, North Carolina-based Honda Aircraft Company says 17 customers received a new HondaJet Elite during the first half of this year, making it the most delivered light jet, according to data from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). The HondaJet Elite incorporates Honda Aircraft’s technological innovations, including the unique Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) configuration, Natural […]

Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its first G600 business jet to a U.S. customer from its facility in Savannah, Georgia, on August 8, 2019. The initial delivery marks an important milestone for the program, just one month after the FAA granted the aircraft’s type and production certification, on June 28. Mark Burns, president of Gulfstream, called out […]

Blackhawk Aerospace says replacing a stock King Air 300’s PT6A-60A engines on 12,500-pound and 14,000-pound gross weight models with the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A engines while adding a new Hartzell optimized composite five-blade swept propeller will create a King Air that delivers a maximum speed of over 340 knots. This new airplane is made […]

Airbus has officially started production in the United States of the A220, the European conglomerate’s newest product entry in the battle to keep pace with arch-rival Boeing. Airbus said in a press release that it will deliver the first U.S.-built A220 in next year’s third quarter, with the kickoff to production at a sprawling new […]

The HondaJet Elite has received type certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) as deliveries in the country are set to begin later this year through HondaJet dealer Honsan General Aviation Co., Ltd. “Since we expanded to China, we have received several orders and have prioritized sales throughout China,” said Honda Aircraft Company […]

The dangers posed by lead’s carcinogenic toxicity, whether it’s inhaled or absorbed into the bloodstream, have been well-known for decades. Lead is particularly harmful to children during their developmental years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began discussing a total ban on lead in automobile gasoline back in the mid-1980s and outlawed the heavy metal in […]

When the Wright Brothers designed the original Flyer, a critical element to their success laid in the refinement of the flight controls they used—wing warping—to guide the craft through the air. The aerospace industry has evolved the way we physically control flight ever since. And much evolution has taken place under the guidance of DARPA, […]

“Rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.” That’s the word from Evolution Aircraft Company as they delivered to Flying an update at EAA AirVenture 2019. “We never went bankrupt or out of business,” says Mark Jean, president of the company. Evolution is still producing kits in a limited production run, and it brought in […]

For a long time, Walter Extra steered clear of developing an aerobatic aircraft made from carbon fiber, understanding its limitations in terms of residual strength following extreme loads—such as those from impact. But when a concept came to him that would allow the design to capitalize on the material’s strengths, he dove into development of […]