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Honda unveils HondaJet 2600 concept at NBAA 2021

Honda Aircraft Company unveiled the HondaJet 2600 Concept at the 2021 NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) being held in Las Vegas. Aircraft displayed a mockup of the HondaJet…

Avionics

Honeywell Anthem flightdeck takes to the cloud

Cloud-computing comes to aircraft: Honeywell has unveiled Anthem, its all-new flightdeck with always-on connectivity. Honeywell says Anthem is a first in the industry and can be customised for almost every…

Electric Aircraft

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…

Electric Aircraft

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)…

Electric Aircraft

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…

Electric Aircraft

Airbus Helicopters reveals latest CityAirbus eVTOL

Airbus revealed its latest ideas for its CityAirbus eVTOL at the first #AirbusSummit on ‘Pioneering Sustainable Aerospace’. The fully electric CityAirbus is equipped with fixed wings, a V-shaped tail, and…

VoltAero to cross English Channel en route to Cranfield and Biggin Hill

The VoltAero team will perform its second historic crossing of the English Channel with an electric aircraft, using the company’s Cassio 1 demonstrator to fly between France and the United…

Business aviation

Business jet prices are rising… at last

Add one more item to the growing list of prices on the rise — private jets. Given the high value of these beauties, which can range in price from around…

Business aviation

Aircraft line-up confirmed for Air Charter Expo

The Air Charter Association (The ACA) has announced the aircraft on show at Air Charter Expo (ACE) 2021, taking place on Tuesday 14 September at London Biggin Hill Airport. The…

Pilots

Healthy turn-out for 2021 Rotax Fly-in

+PHOTO GALLERY Perfect weather conditions in Austria welcomed 220 guests of the 2021 Rotax Fly-In which took place from 20-22 August at Wels Airfield. There were pilots and flight enthusiasts…

Electric Aircraft

Electra and Bristow to develop self-charging electric aircraft

Helicopter operator Bristow is linking up with Electra.aero to work together on Electra’s hybrid-electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. Electra expects to produce 50 aircraft for Bristow. The two…

Pilot Training

Skyborne launches distance learning for ATPL students in India

Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach is launching ATPL distance learning with India’s aviation authority, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). It enables enabling trainees in India to remotely start…

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