by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Oct 25, 2023 | Editorial Comment, Inspiration, Sustainability, Technology
Airbus will renew the entire fleet of chartered vessels that transport aircraft subassemblies between production facilities in Europe and the United States with three modern, low-emission roll-on/roll-off vessels, supported by wind-assisted propulsion. Airbus has...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Sep 22, 2023 | Adventure Travel, Editorial Comment, Flight
On September 13, 2023, Titan Travel, part of the Saga Travel Group, waved off its first-ever private jet holiday on a 23-day Captivating Cultures grand tour. Operating under the flight number HAT2130, the 737-400 single aisle aircraft left from the private terminal at...
by Olivia Beresford | Jun 30, 2023 | Adventure Travel, Editorial Comment, Flight, Space
At 8:30am MT, the Galactic 01 spaceflight took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, reaching an altitude of around 53 miles. The spaceflight evaluated and measured hypergravity to microgravity transition effects on the human body, including both biological and...
by Olivia Beresford | Jun 30, 2023 | Adventure Travel, Editorial Comment, Flight, Space
This mission represents a new era in government-funded commercial human-tended research missions. The crew will board VSS Unity for a 90-minute flight to conduct a series of suborbital science experiments. The mission’s two objectives are to conduct 13 human-tended...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 14, 2023 | Editorial Comment, Flight, Sustainability, Technology
Eve Air Mobility (Eve) and United Airlines have announced plans to bring Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to San Francisco by launching electric commuter flights throughout the Bay Area. Both companies say that they will be working with local and state officials,...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | May 3, 2023 | Editorial Comment, Space, Technology
Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, has successfully completed a flight test campaign in the US, clearing the way for an attempt later this year to set a new aviation world altitude record for...
