Tag: aviation
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Super-rich fuelling growing demand for private jets, report finds
Growth centred in US and China, with slowdown in Sweden attributed to Greta Thunberg
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Top minds in aerospace entered the $2+ million competition to create the first-ever safe and quiet personal flyers
The sky is no longer the limit. GoFly Prize Announces $2 Million Final Fly-Off to be Held February 28-29, 2020 at Moffett Federal Airfield at NASA’s Ames Research Center. Two years ago, GoFly launched the GoFly Prize and since then some 854 teams comprising 3,800 Innovators from 103 countries around the globe entered…
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Planes, trains and automobiles – which is the most sustainable way to travel?
You know planes are not great for the environment, and trains are better – but do you know why? Anna Turns delves into the stats behind travel and sustainability
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Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel?
Greta Thunberg’s zero-carbon Atlantic crossing is not an option for most. But it might be in years to come, if experiments with hydrogen, solar and batteries pay off
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The largest hybrid-electric aircraft flying today
The EEL by Hawthorne-based Ampaire, a pioneer in practical applications of electric power for aviation, is a retrofit of a Cessna 337 and has a conventional combustion engine plus an electric motor/battery pack drivetrain. The aviation company already has more than a dozen letters of interest from regional airlines and charter providers.…
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Valkyrie combines the best of two worlds into one recreational vehicle
There has always been the desire to blend a flying vehicle with a terrestrial one The latest attempt to blend flying with driving is the Skeeter Valkyrie, which looks remarkably like the progeny of a midnight dalliance between a sand rail and a powered parachute. The prototype was presented at this year’s…