All articles by Jon Hemmerdinger – Page 75
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News
Ampaire’s second hybrid Cessna gets airborne ahead of Hawaii demonstration flights
Electric aircraft specialist Ampaire has flown a second Cessna 337 Skymaster powered partly by an electric motor, a development coming ahead of planned airline demonstration flights before year end.
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Opinion
Newest start-ups might hold recipe for real tech advancement
In recent weeks, a slew of aerospace start-ups unveiled ambitious plans to develop aerospace technologies aimed at slashing emissions and allowing autonomous flight.
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News
Perlan Project outfits Perlan 2 with new sensors, preps for 2021 flights
After scrubbing a 2020 flight programme due to coronavirus, the Perlan Project team hopes to fly its high-altitude sailplane in the US Sierra Nevada mountains in early 2021 before returning to Argentina in May.
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Airbus subsidiary Satair acquires A220 parts service work from Bombardier
Airbus subsidiary Satair is taking over A220 materials servicing from Bombardier, a move that comes several years after Bombardier divested the broader A220 programme to Airbus.
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Raytheon slows hybrid-electric airliner project, citing pandemic
Raytheon Technologies has slowed development of a hybrid-electric airliner under an effort called Project 804, though the company insists it remains committed to advancing electric-aircraft technologies.
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Avianca secures $370m government loan commitment
Colombia’s government has committed $370 million in aid to Avianca as part of a $2 billion financing package aimed at helping the struggling carrier weather the coronavirus downturn.
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News
United eliminates change fee for US travel, allows free standby
United Airlines has “permanently” eliminated reservation change fees for domestic economy- and premium-cabin tickets and opened free same-day standby to all customers.
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News
Airbus and Boeing to issue joint paper on modernising air traffic management
Airbus has collaborated with Boeing to write a report warning that air traffic management (ATM) technology must be significantly modernised to manage countless new small aircraft that will occupy future airspace.
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News
Acubed works toward single-pilot A320 replacement, begins autonomy-development flights
Airbus innovation arm Acubed has started flights in California to advance autonomous technology that will make the next clean-sheet narrowbody aircraft capable of single-pilot operation.
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News
Otto Aviation reveals Celera business aircraft with super-efficient ‘laminar flow’
A US company called Otto Aviation has revealed a prototype of an efficient, long-range, fuel-powered passenger aircraft called Celera 500L.
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News
GE ships two F414s to NASA as X-59 demonstrator progresses
NASA has taken delivery of two GE Aviation F414-GE-100 turbofans, which will power the agency’s in-development supersonic test aircraft, the X-59.
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Interview
Eremenko launches hydrogen supply company with plan for hydrogen-fueled Dash 8s
Paul Eremenko, a former Airbus and Raytheon Technologies executive, has co-founded a company that aims to bring hydrogen-fuel technology and a related supply system to regional airliners as soon as 2024.
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News
With Tesla and SpaceX credentials, start-up flies pilotless Caravan
A US start-up headed by former Tesla and SpaceX software engineers has completed more than 50 flights of remotely-piloted Cessna aircraft and aims to offer a certified pilotless Caravan 208 within as little as two years. Silicon Valley-based Reliable Robotics has been in business since 2017 but is just now ...
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News
Spirit pilots agree to deal preventing 600 layoffs
Spirit Airlines’ pilots have agreed to work fewer hours as part of a deal that will prevent the airline from needing to lay off 600 of pilots.
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News
New aircraft-noise rule would do little to quiet the skies: government report
A ban on aircraft that do not meet new noise standards would do little to reduce overall aircraft noise and would impose costly requirements on airlines and aerospace manufacturers.
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News
Union warns Boeing may seek concessions amid 787 production review
The union representing Boeing’s Washington state workforce has warned members that the airframer may seek to renegotiate contract terms as it considers closing one of two 787 production facilities.
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In depth
BAE prepares to roll out new flight-control and energy-management systems
BAE Systems is developing a new class of flight-control and energy-management systems for the burgeoning hybrid-electric and all-electric aircraft segments.
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News
Aerion lands ‘multi-million’ investment from state of Florida
Aerion Supersonic has received a “multi-million” dollar investment from Florida’s aerospace development agency for the purpose of supporting Aerion’s plan to relocate to Florida.
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News
IATA warns that Argentina may delay September air travel restart
Rumours are swirling that Argentina’s government might push back its plan to reopen the country to air travel on 1 September, throwing uncertainty around carriers’ plans to resume operations to the country.
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American cuts 15 cities from network as government aid expires
American Airlines intends to axe routes to 15 destinations, as it begins trimming its network due to the expiration of government aid and a lack of demand for air travel.