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Regent begins sea trials of crewed electric seaglider

Regent Craft, the Rhode Island-based developer and manufacturer of all-electric seagliders, completed the first on-water tests of its first full-scale crewed seaglider. The 12-passenger Viceroy seaglider prototype is 55ft long…

ZeroAvia flies hydrogen-electric powered Dornier airliner

ZeroAvia has flown the largest aircraft in the world to be powered by a hydrogen-electric propulsion system – a 19-seat Dornier 228 testbed aircraft, retrofitted with a full-size prototype hydrogen-electric…

ASKA unveils world’s first drive & fly eVTOL

Why would you need a flying car that can take off and land vertically? Surely you can fly to wherever you want but startup ASKA doesn’t see it quite like…

Italy’s first Vertiport demonstrations at Fiumicino

The first crewed eVTOL test flights in Italian airspace have taken place at Aeroporti di Roma with Volocopter. The tests were part of a mobility ecosystem setup at Fiumicino’s Leonardo…

Honeywell’s 1-Megawatt generator achieves milestone

Honeywell has successfully completed the first round of testing of its 1-megawatt generator system, a new power source designed to serve hybrid-electric aircraft. This system is the industry’s first aerospace-grade…

Eve and Falcon Aviation to introduce eVTOL flights in Dubai

Embraer’s offshoot Eve has agreed with Falcon Aviation Services, a leading business aviation operator in the Middle East to supply up to 35 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.…

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Volocopter 4-seat air taxi makes first flight

Volocopter has made the first flight of its fixed-winged four-seat passenger aircraft, the VoloConnect. The VoloConnect offers more range and faster journeys than any other Volocopter aircraft to date, with…

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Ampaire powers up hybrid-electric Eco Caravan

Power unit developer Ampaire is ground testing the propulsion system on its first hybrid electric Cessna Grand Caravan test aircraft, the Eco Caravan. This aircraft represents a milestone for hybrid…

Tecnam launches P-Volt Transition for P2012 Traveller operators

Tecnam Aircraft has launched the P-Volt Transition Programme that gives P2012 Traveller owners priority slots for the P-Volt upgrade. P-Volt is based on the P2012 Traveller piston platform with an electric…

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New CAA eVTOL Group to consider safety issues

How do you commercially operate an aircraft which may have range and endurance less than the legally required reserves that are in place today? That’s undoubtedly going to be one…

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Honda to build eVTOL aircraft with gas turbine hybrid

+VIDEO As part of a grand plan of serving people worldwide with the ‘joy of expanding their life’s potential’, Honda is working on an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL)…

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Bristow moves into electric air taxis with Vertical and Eve

Helicopter operator Bristow is making a decisive move into electric Vertical and Takeoff (eVTOL) aircraft but is hedging its bets with two rival developers: Britain’s Vertical Aerospace and the Embraer-backed…

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