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Volocopter to launch air taxi services in Singapore

Volocopter is to launch air taxi services in Singapore after two years of close collaboration with the city. Working together with the Economic Development Board of Singapore (EDB) and the…

First flight for Samad Aerospace 50% scale demonstrator eVTOL

A British company, Samad Aerospace, has made the first flight of a half-scale demonstrator of its planned Starling electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Norman Wijker, Chief Technical Officer…

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Sparks fly as VoltAero hits three key milestones

+VIDEO It’s been a busy couple of months for VoltAero, the French startup developing a range of hybrid-electric powered aircraft. First, on 11 October it’s Cassio 1 prototype made its…

Ampaire flies hybrid-electric Cessna 337 before Hawaii trials

US electric aircraft pioneer Ampaire has made the first flight of its updated Cessna 337 ‘Electric EEL’ hybrid-electric aircraft conversion, before going to Hawaii for tests on local air routes.…

Airbus E-Fan completes Channel crossing amid controversy

Airbus finally completed the flight across the English Channel in its all-electric E-Fan 1.0 prototype aircraft this morning after a week of intrigue, accusations of bad sportsmanship and marketing nonsense.…

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Solar Impulse unveils 5-month Round-The-World route

The route for the first Round-The-World flight of the Solar Impulse 2 sun-powered aircraft was revealed yesterday by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the Swiss co-founders and pilots of the…

More power for Evektor’s electric Sportstar EPOS

Czech maker Evektor has increased the power of the electric motor powering its SportStar EPOS aircraft to 75 kW – more powerful than the Rotaz 914 petrol engine which is…

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Airbus flies electric E-Fan

Airbus has made a successful series of flights for its E-Fan all-electric technology demonstrator aircraft. The E-Fan was first shown at last year’s Paris Air Show and made its first…

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