by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Aug 4, 2021 | Editorial Comment, Inspiration, London
London City Airport has unveiled its first ever public art commission – Destination London, by the critically acclaimed East London artist, Anne Hardy. This unique work, located in the West Pier arrivals corridor, will greet millions of international visitors as...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jul 2, 2021 | Editorial Comment, Space
In the billionaire race to be the first on a commercial flight into the edge of space, Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans to pip Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos with a flight planned for July 11. (Bezos first planned space flight is set for July 20). “Astronaut 001”...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jul 1, 2021 | Editorial Comment, Space
Fulfilling a lifelong mission to become an astronaut, Wally Funk will fly to space on New Shepard’s first human flight on July 20 as an honoured guest. She will join Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, and the auction winner on the flight. Wally’s journey to space...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jul 1, 2021 | Editorial Comment, Flight, Motors
AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production this week, fulfilling a key development milestone in a 35-minute flight from the international airport in Nitra to the international airport in Bratislava on June 28, 2021. Klein Vision’s patent...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 28, 2021 | Editorial Comment, Space
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated Virgin Galactic Holdings’ existing commercial space transportation operator license to allow the “spaceline” or space airliner to fly customers to space. Virgin Galactic also announced that it has...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 11, 2021 | Editorial Comment, Flight, Technology
Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft have been in development for some years now, indeed Aviation Life has followed the eVTOL story since Issue 1 in 2018. The dream of making vertical flight accessible to all, on demand and carbon free, has taken a...
