Tag: aviation
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AeroDelft to fly world’s first aircraft with liquid-hydrogen fuel cells this summer
AeroDelft team, just revealed a prototype called Phoenix PT. The brand new aircraft is bringing the team one step closer to achieving sustainable aviation. The student team AeroDelft has revealed the finished structure of their prototype airplane powered by liquid hydrogen, called ‘Phoenix PT’. The hydrogen airplane does not produce any harmful emissions to…
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Will the electric-powered flight be turned into an everyday reality? NASA’s X-57 Maxwell moves towards first flight
X-57 Maxwell, NASA’s first all-electric plane moves from the prototype phase towards first flight. NASA to Begin High-Voltage Ground Testing on All-Electric X-57. Engineers, researchers, pilots, visual artists, and many other people from the four flight centers and business partnerships work together to make the X-57 Maxwell idea a reality. What is the X-57?…
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Joby Aviation released first footage of its revolutionary all-electric VTOL aircraft in flight
Joby Aviation’s pioneering electric aircraft is making air taxi service a reality in 2024. With more than 1,000 test flights completed over the last 10 years, Joby Aviation, the American venture-backed aerospace company and developer of VTOL personal air vehicles designed for air taxi services, intends to use its piloted, four-passenger aircraft to…
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Bombardier will stop manufacturing the iconic Learjet aircraft brand
The Learjet aircraft brand will end production at the end of 2021. Bombardier announced it will end production of Learjet aircraft later this year, allowing the aviation company to focus on its more profitable Challenger and Global aircraft families and accelerate the expansion of its customer services business. Bombardier’s 2020 revenues from Business…
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United Airlines invest more than $1 billion in Archer Aviation’s eVTOL combating climate change
United Airlines will invest massively in Archer Aviation, the start-up developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. United Airlines has completed an agreement to work with air mobility company Archer as part of the airline’s broader effort to invest in emerging technologies that decarbonize air travel. Rather than relying on traditional combustion engines, Archer’s…
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Cirrus Limited Edition 8000th SR is certainly an aircraft that will turn heads
Cirrus Aircraft’s Limited Edition 8000th SR features an exterior that is impossible to miss. Cirrus has a rich history of delivering aircraft that inspire people to do things. The company breaks out of the boundaries of traditional aircraft design with Limited Edition 8000th SR, commemorating the delivery of the 8,000th SR Series aircraft.…