Monat: Juli 2019
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Bye Aerospace collaboration with BRS Aerospace on Safety
At Airventure Gorge Bye announced together with BRS President Enrique Dillon a collaboration in the development of a ballistic parachute system and additional safety features for the eFlyer 2 which is on the way to be certified as the first part 23 electrical aircraft. BRS and Bye have been working together for years. BRS Aerospace…
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XTI selects GE’s Catalyst engine for hybrid-electric TriFan 600 VTOL
Flight Global reports that XTI Aircraft has selected GE Aviation’s Catalyst engine as the core of the hybrid-electric propulsion system for its in-development TriFan 600 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. For detailed report, go to: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/xti-selects-catalyst-engine-for-hybrid-electric-trif-459849/
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EmbraerX looking for a name
After presenting their eVTOL at Airventute Oshkosh EmbraerX anounced that they started a competition to name the new vehicle. You want to participate – just go to www.embraerx.com and you may win a model of the aircraft, or perhaps even a ride with the new aircraft as soon as it will be open for use.
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Continental & Verdego jointly develop hybrid power
Continental Aerospace Technologies announced partnering with Erik Lindbergh and his company Verdego in developement of hybrid power trains for eAircraft and eVtol. More later here.
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Airbus unveiled a bird-like concept design
Airbus presented its “Bird of Prey” concept at Royal International Air Tatoo air show at Royal Air Force Fairford this week with the goal of motivating the next generation of aeronautical engineers, underscoring how they can make a difference by applying technologies researched at the company in hybrid-electric propulsion, active control systems and advanced composite…
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Exclusive: Interview with Omer Bar –Yohay of Eviation
The Israeli company Eviation has brought its Alice electric aircraft from scratch to the world premiere of the prototype at Paris Airshow in July 2019 in less than 5 years. The company mainly financed by the Singapore-based Investor Richard Chandler, announced to fly the aircraft before the end of the year and starting Service in…
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H55 electric airplane founded by André Borschberg
When André Borschberg, the former CEO and pilot of Solar Impulse solar-powered airplane, initiated and piloted the record- setting solar-powered airplane around the world for the first time in human history together with Bertrand Piccard, he flew the Solar Impulse solo because it was a purposely designed single-seat airplane. Now the co-founder and executive chairman…
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Uber Elevate new partner and new designs debut
In the middle of June, at the 3rd Uber Elevate in Washington, DC, Uber announced the sixth Elevate partner Jaunt Air Mobility, joined by the current five Uber Elevate partner companies: Bell, Boeing’s Aurora Flight Sciences, Embraer, Karem Aircraft, and Pipistrel. At the same event Pipistrel and Embraer unveiled their eVTOL designs. For full report…
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Pegasus VTOL business jet: A vision from Africa
In the pursuit of new generation vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, no one is left behind and everyone has big ambition. A startup company from South Africa unveiled a VTOL business jet this year. Pegasus Universal Aerospace, founded by chairman Reza Mia from Pretoria, South Africa, unveiled a one eighth scale model of its…
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Silent Air Taxi: Another Urban Air Mobility solution
As electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and urban air mobility (UAM) operation are under the spotlight now, the electric propulsion application in fixed wing designs are making steady progress as well. Instead of targeting the short distance inter-city UAM market as eVTOL are designed for, fixed wing electric airplanes take the advantages of…