Drones play ‘chicken’ in Honeywell radar tests
Honeywell has successfully tested a ‘Detect & Avoid’ radar system for drones using the age old game of ‘Chicken’. Honeywell installed its IntuVue RDR-84K radar system into a drone then…
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BBGA resilient through 2021, 2022 conference to go ahead
The British Business and General Aviation Association says it demonstrated continued resilience in 2021, another tough year because of the pandemic. The Association spent most of the year working from…
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Skyports takes over London’s ‘other’ heliport
Skyports has taken over Falcon Heliport located in east London close to the Canary Wharf financial district and renamed it ‘Skyports London Heliport’. Skyports plan to operate both helicopters and…
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One week to bid for complete airfield in Spain
There’s just under a week left to bid on an auction for a complete airfield complete with hangars, fuel farm, odffices and more in Spain. Ocaña Airfield, 60km from Madrid,…
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First flight for Beechcraft Denali with new GE turboprop
Textron Aviation’s new single-engine turboprop, the Beechcraft Denali, has made its first flight. The milestone first flight is a major step for the clean-sheet design aircraft and begins the important…
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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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St Tropez Airport achieves net zero carbon
St Tropez Airport is claiming net zero carbon emissions, the first airport in France to do so without using offsetting. This follows the airport’s owner, Aeroports de la Cote d’Azur,…
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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…
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AeroCity Tech Ventures to invest 20m euros in aviation start-ups
The medieval city of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, is positioning itself as a global player for the most modern of aerospace industries with AeroCity, a fast-growing campus of aviation companies.…
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DHL orders 12 electric cargo Eviation aircraft
Delivery company DHL Express has ordered 12 all-electric cargo aircraft from Eviation. Eviation’s Alice is under development for both cargo and passenger operations and expects to deliver the Alice electric…
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Surf Air and Textron to develop hybrid-electric Cessna Grand Caravan
Surf Air Mobility and Textron Aviation are to work together to produce a hybrid-electric powered Cessna Grand Caravan. Los Angeles-based Surf Air, which recently acquired hybrid power unit developer Ampaire,…
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Airbus lays out aviation’s route to zero carbon by 2050
There is no ‘silver bullet’ solution to decarbonising aviation, according Glenn Llewellyn, vice-president of Zero-Emission Aircraft at Airbus. Instead, Airbus’ climate strategy involves accelerating several pathways simultaneously while fostering the…
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