Aviation News

A quick roundup of highlights surrounding one of America’s premier aviation events, Florida’s Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo.

A vertiport for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft will be built this summer at Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH)—site of one of the world’s largest airshows.

France’s Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) is investigating what it describes as a “serious incident” aboard an Air France Boeing 777-300(ER) during approach at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG).

Germany-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Lilium has begun flying its fifth generation air taxi demonstrator at a facility in Villacarrillo, Spain.

In a video walk-around of the charred wreckage of the Antonov An-225 Mriya, a former pilot of the world’s largest operational aircraft has offered his damage analysis of the one-of-a-kind jet.

FedEx Express is partnering with California-based Elroy Air to develop and test an autonomous hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for cargo in 2023.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense has released new video showing an apparently destroyed Antonov An-225 Mriya at Gostomel Airport (UKKM) in Ukraine.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issues the “world’s first” design guidance for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, as the FAA lags behind.

Antonov Company, manufacturer of the iconic An-225, the world’s largest cargo airplane which was apparently destroyed last month in Ukraine, has launched a global fundraiser “for the revival of the aircraft.”

California-based eVTOL developer Joby Aviation announced Friday it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration of its first systems review and compliance review.