Rolls Royce is pioneering electric aviation with the fastest all-electric aircraft that has set three world records to date. The Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft is a marvel of modern technology fused with a vintage World War II design. During its record-breaking runs, the aircraft clocked a maximum speed of ...
Electric Aircrafts will soon become like a Tesla electric vehicle, able to plug in and fast-charge and the Diamond Aircraft eDA40 is leading the way. After years of experimentation and testing hybrid and pure electric systems, the company is unveiling its first electric version of the DA40 single-engine trainer ...
Last Monday, at Arlington Municipal Airport north of Seattle, the Alice, a plane manufactured by Israeli startup Eviation, went through engine testing in preparation for its first flight which is only weeks away. The nine-passenger Alice will be able to fly for one hour and 440 nautical miles with battery technology ...
Rolls-Royce first all-electric aircraft has completed its maiden flight, soaring across the skies of the United Kingdom for 15 minutes. Named the "Spirit of Innovation", the aircraft utilizes a 400 KW electric powertrain with the most power-dense battery pack ever assembled for an aircraft. The flight marked the ...
The BlackFly single-seat electric aircraft is the world's first ultra-light fied-wing, all-electric, single-seat, vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Of course this is what its manufacturer claims with some pretty deep pockets to back up that claim, like Google co-founder Larry Page. The aircraft designed by ...
This new pilotless electric aircraft by Metro Hop promises to revolutionize intercity transport in the years ahead. It’s a completely autonomous short takeoff and landing design (eSTOL). It will move passengers in a 125-mile radius at 250-mph cruising speed.
Canada is the second largest country in the world with a population that is dwarfed by some states in the United States. Most of the country’s population lives along a corridor close to the United States border. The vast Northern Region of the country remains for the most part uninhabited and difficult to access.
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Sirius Aviation AG is pioneering the world's first hydrogen-electric aircraft. Named the Sirius Jet, it will feature a hydrogen-electric ducted fan propulsion system that will propel it to 323 mph with an 1,150-mile range.
The aircraft will be completely zero emissions with no environmental impact and will meet ...
Embraer, the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer plans to transition most of its fleet to sustainable zero-emission models by 2030. In pursuit of that goal, the company has unveiled four small prop-driven prototypes that are sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Embraer fleet of four small prop-driven prototypes ...
By the late 1930's seaplanes were among the largest and fastest aircrafts in the world. In fact the entire decade of the 30's saw a rapid rise in seaplanes thanks to their enormous size and ability to land virtually anwhere there is water. After the second world war, seaplanes began to quickly vanish from the aviation ...
Electricity is taking the world by storm and with that said, we mean that every machine we once knew to be gas-powered is now being electrified. From electric cars to electric aircrafts, its not surprising in the least that the spark would reach the recreational jet ski.
The Taiga Orca is one of many electric ...
Horizon Aircraft Cavorite X5 has been turning heads ever since it unveiling last year. The Toronto-base company unveiled this extraordinary looking eVTOL to an industry getting accustomed to smooth lines and body contours. The aircraft which looks like something out of a transformer movie, features canard wings and ...
Although battery-powered passenger planes are still a ways off, electrifying aviation might help address the industry's major environmental issues. However, all-electric seagliders that glide over the water like pelicans may be available much sooner.
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The transition of airplanes to electric ...
The all-electric Robinson-44 helicopter driven by a magniX electric propulsion unit made its successful first flight, according to magniX, a Washington State-based maker of electric aircraft motors owned by Singapore (EPU).
The flight on Saturday, June 4, 2022, was carried out by Tier 1 Engineering, a Santa ...
Who would have thought just a few years ago that we would be witnessing the roll-out of electric aircrafts with designs from sci-fi movies and TV shows. The Manta ANN2 eVTOL is the latest entrant into the burgeoning world of electric eVTOL aircrafts that will perform a variety of missions from search and rescue, ...
UK startup Faradair is working towards bringing to market the world's greenest aircraft with this 18-seat regional aircraft that operates on a carbon-neutral basis. The bioelectric hybrid aircraft (BEHA) will use a combination of electric motors and biofuel-powered turbogenerator to transport 18 passengers or five ...
If you love aviation then you will appreciate this set of six aircraft instrument coasters. Moreover, if you are a pilot, you are familiar with the flight instruments on these coasters and use them every time you fly. Each coaster features the actual shape of the aircraft instrument and a dial which closely represents ...
For a mere $140,000 you can fly the revolutionary Pipistrel Alpha-Electro Electric Airplane. Made by Slovenian aerospace company Pipistrel, the Alpha-Electro is a pilot trainer and the first electric aircraft to be certified as airworthy by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2018. It's a lightweight ...
One thing is for certain, the design of electric aircrafts made possible by quantum leaps in battery technology is becoming weirder by the year. The Zeva Aero Z2 is the latest weird addition to this long list of eVTOL aerial vehicles that we only saw in sci-fi movies just a couple of years ago.
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Air, an Israeli aviation startup company unveiled a two-person electric aircraft called the one for personal recreation. The company designed the aircraft for personal everyday use and it features collapsible wings for storage easy storage in your garage or backyard. It's propelled by eight rotors on two sets of pods ...
Blended wing aircraft concepts are nothing new, we have seen many conceptual designs over the last decade, but none has become a fully operational aircraft to date. Oscar Vinals of OVI design new blended wing concept is different from previous blended wing concept in that it can fly at supersonic speeds of up to 1,141 ...
The era of personal drones is fast becoming a reality and Hexa personal drone by LIFT Aircraft is at the forefront of this revolution in personal aviation. Hexa is an electric, remotely piloted, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that can carry only one passenger. On April 4th, the drone took to the skies over ...
Remember the famous Jetsons flying cars? One thing we can remember was that they were unlike any of the flying cars we see emerging today that have ducted fans and rotating blades. However, a Washington based startup Jetoptera has created a flying car more in line with the Jetsons flying cars that has no ducted fans ...
Midnight model unveiled by Archer Aviation promises to revolutionize the way we fly when it takes to the skies in 2024. The way we travel today is set to drastically change in the coming decade with the advent of multiple eVTOL platforms being developed by a litany of companies across the world. Archer's Aviation ...
Wisk Aero an aviation company created in 2019 as a joint venture between the now defunct Kitty Hawk and Boeing Corporation aims to be the first company to develop a semi-autonomous eVTOL for urban air taxi services. The all-electric eVTOL will be able to carry four passengers and take off and land completely on ...
Hydrogen is slowly becoming the fuel of the future and the PIAC PA-890 eVTOL helicopter is pioneering that path by becoming the world's first hydrogen powered helicopter. There was a time hydrogen was considered too dangerous for use in Aviation, with memories of the Hindenburg still fresh on the minds of many. ...
This prehistoric looking bird-like eVTOL is the wildest project coming out of Africa and aims to upend the entire eVTOL industry with a radical design that has heads turning. Aptly named Phractyl Macrobat like a prehistoric bird, this proposed one-seater aircraft features an insectoid-like body with wings attached to ...
German Aeronautics company Fraundorfer has unveiled its Tensor 600X gyroplane at the European Rotors show. The two-seat gyroplane is only for personal use at this time but the company hopes to scale up the design to a six-seater for commercial purposes. The design is revolutionary in that gyros offers a middle ground ...
Urban transportation is on a path to take to the skies. From flying taxis, to the new CityHawk VTOL flying car, these vehicle will change the way we commute across cities. Made by Israeli aerospace company Urban Aeronautics, CityHawk is a Fancraft as the company likes to call it that be used for wide variety of ...
