by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Inspiration
Virgin Atlantic has named its newest aircraft “Queen of the Skies” in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. The aircraft, an Airbus A330 neo , is to be receive the royal registration G-VEII, which Virgin said is a tribute to the late monarch. The jet will enter...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight
In 2026, Lufthansa will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding: On January 6, 1926, Deutsche Luft Hansa was launched in Berlin through the merger of Deutscher Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr. The first flight of the new airline followed on April 6, 1926....
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Space
Having obliterated their previous record for zero gravity flights in a single year, Zero-G, which offers individuals the opportunity to experience true “weightlessness” without going to space onboard a modified 727-200, has doubled the amount of public zero gravity...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Editorial Comment, Flight, Motors
Adelaide, South Australia has hosted the world’s first ever electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) or “flying car” race. The event is being hailed as a landmark moment in both the history of motorsport and the genesis of the flying car mobility revolution on...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | 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 | 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...
