Aircraft
News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
Development of electric aircraft by the experimental aircraft community seems to be lagging, but there are some interesting efforts underway.
Blue Line Aviation, a flight school in North Carolina, signed a deal for up to 115 Piper airplanes and announced an expansion into Florida.
Falcon Aviation Services will add four aircraft under a second air operator certificate from San Marino's Civil Aviation Authority.
European turboprop manufacturer ATR shipped only 25 new aircraft to customers in 2022 as supply chain and staffing bottlenecks slowed production.
Including its latest agreement for 15 Cessna Skyhawks, Epic Flight Academy has ordered 43 copies of the piston-single model since 2016.
Daher is boosting production capacity and plans to expand its product lineup with a hybrid-electric TBM airplane.
Belgium’s decision to increase its usage of the MMF tanker/transport fleet has driven the procurement of a further A330 to bring the fleet to 10.
Daher announced several upgrades for its TBM 960 and Kodiak 100 turboprops and also named Simcom as its factory-authorized training organization.
Airbus's Auto’Mate technology successfully guided a series of drones to a pre-contact refueling position behind a tanker.
Wipaire and Hartzell are showcasing the Yukon propeller on a Caravan 208B during Sun 'n Fun as STC approval is anticipated later this year.
