A versatile harness, its light weight (3.5kg in M size) make it a good hike-and-fly choice, but it is designed for thermal flying, and offers good lumbar support and comfortable leg pads in place of a seat board. The rucksack is made to be hiked with, and has an ergonomically shaped mesh back section and comfortable shoulder straps. The Progress 3 was attracting at...
Vestergaard Company Inc. is pleased to announce Aero Mag has ordered six additional Elephant® BETA NG units for the Calgary, Alberta, Canada Airport (YYC). Aero Mag already operate Vestergaard equipment in numerous airports internationally and the six new units adds to the already existing fleet to increase the level of service Aero Mag is offering to WestJet Airlines...
The Stratolaunch aircraft was towed outside on May 31 for the first time to begin the ground test phase. The massive carrier aircraft will deliver a launch vehicle (rocket) to a high altitude, from where the rocket will detach, carry and deliver its payload to LEO. The aircraft has a wingspan of 385 feet and is the largest composite aircraft ever built. A Scaled Compo...
Featuring a return-to-home button as well as a built-in GPS, the Sky Viper GPS Drone outperforms every drone in its class. The newest drone in Skyrocket’s Sky Viper family is made with best-in-class ArduPilot firmware and utilizes positional awareness for easy navigation. The new Sky Viper GPS Drone is one of nine different drones to choose from in the Sky Viper line,...
XPlane 11 continues the evolution of the desktop version of XPlane. Over the years it has always been the policy of Laminar Research to continually improve XPlane, providing the most realistic flight simulation available, with flight modeling so accurate that it has been adopted by numerous commercial aviation organizations. XPlane 11 continues this evolution with new...
How to design the next generation of helicopters presents a daunting challenge—with so much going on, every tiny tweak trips a chain of other changes that must be made, and progress is excruciatingly slow. But now Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, has for the first time stepped up to take on the challenge to imagine and create a conceptual helicopter of the future. ...
Daher said the new TBM 910, successor to the TBM 900, an aircraft already known for lightning turboprop speeds, can best be described in just three words: speed, reliability and connectivity. The TBM 910, designed with Garmin aficionados in mind, incorporates the new G-1000 NXi flight deck along with a handful of cabin interior and safety enhancements. The G1000NXi’s pr...
“The MAX 9’s first flight is another milestone that continues the program’s strong track record of progress,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Kevin McAllister. “The MAX family of airplanes offers more value than any competitor and its strong market acceptance is reflected in over 3,700 airplanes on order from 86 customers around the world.” The airpl...
Speaking to ATW at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, Panasonic Avionics senior director corporate sales and marketing Jon Norris said NEXT has been designed as a flexible platform to keep pace with rapidly evolving IFEC technologies. “The NEXT platform is designed to help airlines overcome key challenges by transforming typically rigid entertainment system...
Recaro debuted the Airbus A320 Smart Cabin Reconfiguration “Flex Seat” at Aircraft Interiors Expo. The concept, which was developed by Airbus, Recaro and THK, allows cabin crew to adjust the seat pitch by lifting a lever beneath the cushion and sliding the row of seats along a rail. This offers flexibility in seating layout so that airlines can maximize bookings, and giv...
The GB1 GameBird prototype first flew in July 2015. Game Composites is reporting on their Facebook page that they’ve just received EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) certification for their GB1 GameBird, an aerobatic airplane. Flying is saying that the GB1, designed by German aerobatic champion Phillip Steinbach, “is the first aerobatic airplane certified since 20...
The P2002 Sierra MkII has a new turbocharged and intercooled 135hp Rotax 915 iS/ISC engine which maintains takeoff power up to ‘at least’ 15,000ft, while the aircraft’s service ceiling has been increased to 23,000ft. Other improvements to the MkII, which will be available in the LSA category for customer delivery from late 2017, include: a larger cabin with new ‘prem...
Beginning March 11, REMSA Care Flight has expanded its services with the addition of critical care fixed-wing transport. The Pilatus PC-12/45 single engine aircraft will provide patients access to critical care in time-sensitive situations where transport by plane provides the most efficient and appropriate option available. The company’s medical helicopters and gr...
Electric engines have already demonstrated their power on the ground, in record-breaking cars such as the Tesla Model S. But now, they are taking to the skies, and one plane recently broke a speed record for electric-motor aircrafts. On March 23, the electric-powered Extra 330LE plane reached a record-setting top speed of about 209.7 mph (337.5 km/h), according to Sie...
After six years of development, e-volo is presenting the Volocopter 2X, a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft powered purely by electricity and capable of carrying two passengers. In addition to the failure tolerance due to the Volocopter’s redundancy concept and its ability to fly emission-free, the low-noise operation marks another important advantage over...
The CloudAhoy post-flight debriefing tool has added new features in a major 5.0 version upgrade. Pilots can record their flights based on GPS and other data from portable ADS-B receivers, external GPS receivers, onboard avionics or the internal GPS in mobile devices, then download the data for post-flight analysis. The free CloudAhoy app is available for iOS and Android ...
The GermFalcon UVC Airplane Cabin Sanitizer system claims to kill 99 percent of germs, viruses, and superbugs on airplane cabin surfaces in approximately five minutes. The motorized GermFalcon trolley can be rolled down the aisle, zapping cooties in every corner with a flash. It spreads wings mounted with UVC bulbs high and wide enough to clean luggage bins, seats, tr...
Completely automatic, the platform is managed by an on board autopilot to which are connected various electromechanical systems (electromagnetic jacks) which recreate the pilot gestures and movements, as well as detectors and sensors (inertial motion unit, GPS) partially replacing the pilot senses. This "robotic" system elaborated by Flying Robots SA allows managing tak...
The vehicle, which he proudly called Gyrodrive, is the first small rotor airplane that can officially drive on Czech roads, Pavel Březina wrote on his Facebook page. The autogyro, which uses kerosene and Natural 95 gasoline, is very compact, so it can easily fit into a regular garage. Gyrodrive is equipped with a Rotax motor and can reach a maximum speed of about 180 km...
Einar Enevoldson was soaring through the sky at 50,722 feet, a world record for a sailplane or glider, but something was seriously wrong. Enevoldson and his copilot, the celebrated aviator, adventurer, and millionaire Steve Fossett, were wearing NASA-designed pressure suits that were supposed to enable them to survive flying in an unpressurized aircraft at such heights. ...
At the second day of Demo Day W17, this one-year-old startup presented a bold idea that can change future of passenger planes. “This is one of best hard tech teams I’ve seen” said Michael Seibel, who heads Y Combinator’s accelerator program, in an interview with TechCrunch. Wright Electric’s idea is for a commercial passenger airplane that’s battery-powered. Designed ...
"The 737 MAX flight management system is helping operators to reduce costs, while improving performance as it relates to on-time arrivals and less fuel, emissions and noise,” says Alan Caslavka, president of Avionics for GE Aviation. “We’ve worked with Boeing to include new state-of-the-art technologies on the 737 MAX and look forward to the entry into service.” Entry i...
The announcement continues a business relationship under which Safe Flight, of White Plains, New York, has provided equipment on every piston and turboprop aircraft Textron manufactures, and on many Cessna Citation business jets, Safe Flight said in a news release. For the 285-knot, eight-to-11-place low-wing Denali that is powered by a 1,240-shaft-horsepower GE engin...
Otherlab, an engineering research and development lab based in San Francisco, have successfully created what they call the world’s most advanced industrial paper airplane. Note the words “industrial” and “paper”. A part of Otherlab’s Aerial Platform Supporting Autonomous Resupply Actions (APSARA) system, these planes vaguely resemble stealth fighters and use computationa...
The two companies announced they have partnered to help advance safety for commercial drones. It’s an important development as the two organizations are especially well suited to help enable and create autonomous drones and systems that are both safe and reliable. The partnership will enable operators to ask and answer key questions that arise throughout missions of any ...
“The idea is that we solve a problem: how do you make passengers happier while improving revenues. You’re either doing one or the other. We’re doing both,” Scott says. The basics of how the side slip concept works: the aisle seat slides over the slightly staggered back centre seat to provide a double-wide aisle to speed up boarding, then slips back into place when the...
When Google launched Project Loon a few years ago, the plan was to provide internet access to underserved areas with the help of a series of balloons that would constantly circumnavigate the earth. When one balloon moved out of range, another would move in behind it. Today, Google is still Google but it’s also Alphabet — and as Alphabet’s “Captain of Moonshots” at X Astr...
Two motorised gliders will leave a trail of sparks over Wellington Harbour on Thursday night, just a taste of what people can expect at the weekend's Wings Over Wairarapa airshow. Aerosparx pilots Guy Westgate and Tim Dews plan to wow the capital with their wing-mounted pyrotechnic display as they perform formation aerobatics in their highly-manoeuvrable aircraft wit...
After reporting its worst losses in its 111-year history Rolls-Royce will be looking to Derby to help it get out of the mire. Three new engines, which have been designed and developed in Derby will be at the heart of the company's future success - the Trent 1000 TEN, the Trent XWB-97 and the Trent 7000. All of these engines are at different stages of development. The...
The approval includes a supplemental type certificate (STC) and a comprehensive approved model list (AML), which features hundreds of individual aircraft models. As part of the EASA STC, the G5 electronic flight instrument can be installed in place of the aircraft’s primary attitude indicator or turn coordinator via a Garmin-held STC for the selected certified fixed-w...
The existing exit signs at the flexible curtains in the cabin can be replaced by the Lufthansa Technik GuideU material, which is already used for emergency floor path marking. “Regular replacement of signs for reasons of aging as has been the case to date is now history thanks to a so-called "Multitype STC", an aircraft manufacturer and type-spanning approval for the ...
Not the KFR-2 has a shark nose on the reflex profile making high speed crossing even more relaxing. We have more inner preassure when flying in turbulence. Also hte brake system has changed by adding special tension clips to save lines and improve the handling. This wing is very simple to take off and you can fly at super fast cruising speed if you wish so or enjoy...
In addition to the successful versions of the Dynali H3 Easyflyer Sport, already flying in the skies of Europe with the 912ULS (100 HP) and 912ULS-I (110 HP) versions, Dynali has now introduced the powerful Rotax 914UL Turbo engine version (115 HP) for the H3 EasyFlyer Sport. This latest version is particularly well suited to clients who need a higher power output, su...
Richard Dinkelmann, Managing Director at ICM Airport Technics Australia, said, “We are proud to secure our partnership with Changi Airport Group, and roll out our advanced self-service bag-drop solution. Our technology has been received incredibly well – ICM Airport Technics has been awarded recent contracts for self-service bag-drop solutions at airports in Montréal, Mi...
The purchase includes: 14 Oshkosh® HT-Series™ multi-function units, eight Oshkosh H-Series™ XF front-mounted, high-speed snow removal brooms, five Oshkosh H-Series high-speed snow blowers and six Oshkosh P-Series™ trucks. The purchase represents one of the largest airport snow removal apparatus orders in the company’s history. “To be selected by such an important inter...
Scheduled for deployment over a two-year period to meet UK Department for Transport mandates effective September 1, 2018, five high-speed CTX 9800 will screen all in-gauge hold baggage. In addition, one compact CTX 5800 will screen all Out-of-Gauge hold baggage. To ensure their CTX fleet is continuously up and running, Bristol Airport will utilize Morpho Detection's trus...
