Aviation

Source: Piper Aircraft / June 15 2020Piper Aircraft and Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology (“Spartan”) announced today an order for its first tranche of 22 factory-new training aircraft. To date, Spartan has taken delivery of 10 Piper Archers and 2 Piper Seminoles, with 10 additional Piper Archers expected to be delivered in Q4 2020. […]

Source: https://www.ainonline.com by Curt Epstein /June 29, 2020Buyers of Daher’s 2020 edition of its workhorse Kodiak100 will receive the first two years of scheduledmaintenance complimentary, under a new incentivepackage announced this week. Read more

Source: https://www.ainonline.com by Charles Alcock / May 26, 2020Flight testing of Lilium’s second eVTOL technology demonstrator was interrupted by Covid-19 restrictions.Germany-based Lilium is preparing to resume flight testing with a second demonstrator example of its allelectric Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft once restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic are eased. A small contingent of […]

Source: Piper Aircraft / MAY 20, 2020Piper Aircraft, Inc. announced this week that the Garden City Airport located in Garden City, Kansas, played a key role in the certification flight test for the M600/SLS HALO safety system’s Garmin Auto-land feature. Theairport was selected in 2019 as the ideal location for a live activation of the […]

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com American Institute of Physics / May 5, 2020Humans depend on fossil fuels as their primary energy source, especially in transportation. However, fossil fuels are both unsustainable and unsafe, serving as the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and leading to adverse respiratory effects and devastation due to global warming. Read more

Source: https://www.ainonline.com by Charles Alcoc / April 27, 2020A UV-C light system will soon be available for disinfecting aircraft interiors, according to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which has been the fast-tracking deployment of the technology to combat Covid-19 infection inhospitals. Read more:

Source: https://www.ainonline.com by James Wynbrandt / February 10, 2020Piper Aircraft, U.S.-based manufacturer of piston and turboprop aircraft for the training, business, and general aviation markets, lands at the Singapore Airshow touting a new version of its flagship M600; two new “value-priced”trainers; and the introduction of in-house additive manufactured parts to its aircraft. Read more:

Source: https://www.ainonline.com by Jerry Siebenmark / January 27, 2020SyberJet Aircraft’s SJ30i features a new Honeywell Epic 2.0 avionics suite with a new electric pitch-trim actuator developed by Electromech Technologies. SyberJet Aircraft is progressing toward amended typecertification (T.C.) for the SJ30i Read more:

Source: https://www.ainonline.com/ JANUARY 21, 2020 Martin TietzOn January 21, Boeing announced further delaysregarding the recertification of the ill-fated Boeing 737MAX series after two fatal crashes resulting ina worldwide grounding of the jet in March 2019. This wasdue to faulty software called MCAS (ManeuveringCharacteristics Augmentation System). “We are informingour customers and suppliers that we are currentlyestimating […]

Source: https://www.ainonline.com by Jerry Siebenmark and David Donald / January 3, 2020Known as the VC-180A in Italian military service, the P.180 Avanti is operated by a number of government agencies, including the Aeronautica Militare (air force). This example wears the badge of 14° Stormo at Praticadi Mare, which parents the 71° Gruppo’s liaison and calibration […]