by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jul 1, 2021 | Flight, Motors
Embraer has delivered the first limited-edition Phenom 300E aircraft—part of the Duet collaboration with Porsche—to an undisclosed customer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The aircraft was delivered at Embraer’s state-of-the-art Global Customer Center in Melbourne,...
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 24, 2021 | Flight
The US Air Force (USAF) has signed a contract with Electra.aero to strengthen advanced air mobility markets through the development of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. Electra’s ultra-short takeoff...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 16, 2021 | Flight, Sailing, Technology
Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider. The concept, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG), is under development in the United States through Boston-based...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 11, 2021 | Flight, Technology
California-based Archer, a company designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), debuted its Maker aircraft both live in Los Angeles and streamed to a global audience on the evening of June 10. The in-person event was held at the...
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...