The first experimental prototype of Joby Aviation’s S4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi crashed on Feb. 16 during a remotely piloted flight at the company’s remote flight test base in Big Sur, California.
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has launched a new NBAA Owner Pilot Association Coalition (NBAA OPAC) to bring together leaders of business aircraft owner pilot organizations to work on top of concerns and explore opportunities to grow the owner-operator community, NBAA says.
Chinese startup AutoFlight completed the first transition between vertical and forward flight for its Prosperity 1 air taxi in record time for an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft program by drawing on its experience from almost 10,000 flights of its unmanned cargo aircraft.
Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with Luxembourg-based business jet and helicopter service provider and fixed-based operator Luxaviation to collaborate on the development and deployment of advanced air mobility.
Paragon Flight Training in Fort Myers, Florida, has accepted the first of 10 new Piper Pilot P100i training airplanes it expects to receive in 2022 as part of a five-year fleet modernization plan.
Textron Aviation celebrated the 8,000th worldwide delivery of its Cessna Citation, a Citation Longitude super mid-size business jet, following the first Citation delivery 50 years ago.
Italian general aviation manufacturer Tecnam has made its first foray into electric propulsion, revealing a hybrid-electric version of its four-seat P2010 that made its first flight in December.
Virgin Group has formed a strategic partnership with chemical recycling company Agilyx to build a plant in the U.S. to convert plastic waste into synthetic crude oil than will then be refined into lower-carbon fuels including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for use by Virgin Atlantic.
Chartering a jet when the owner doesn’t need it can be a smart way to earn extra revenue while offering a charter company additional lift capabilities with very little of its own capital. But there are pitfalls to consider first.
Embraer’s preparations for the possible launch are focusing almost entirely on the selection of an engine manufacturer and the question to what extent the powerplant will include new technology.
Electric aircraft startup Eviation has announced the departure of co-founder Omer Bar-Yohay as CEO and appointed the company’s president, Greg Davis, as interim CEO.
The FAA is studying the concept of a new set of operational rules and regulations dubbed automated flight rules, which will be designed to handle the huge increase in mainly low altitude air traffic anticipated with the emergence of new generation advanced air mobility vehicles.
Bob Briggs has flown dozens of flights transporting seriously ill patients at no charge from hospitals around the country. For his efforts, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic named him Pilot of the Year for the second time.
Russian Helicopters plans to complete the certification of the Mi-171A3, the new offshore variant of the Mil Mi-171 heavy-transport rotorcraft, in the first half of 2023, with deliveries to its launch customer— Russian gas monopoly Gazprom—to begin the same year.
The certification of the modernized Kamov Ka-32 utility helicopter is expected to be completed in December 2022, according to Sergey Astapenkov from Mil and the Kamov National Helicopter Center.
