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Spartan College takes delivery of Piper Archers

Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology has taken delivery of 10 Piper Archers and 2 Piper Seminoles, with 10 additional Piper Archers expected to be delivered in Q4 2020. According to Beau Schrader, Spartan's Chief Pilot Officer, "Spartan's Flight location at Richard Lloyd J...

65 years since the first flight of iconic Cessna Skyhawk

Textron Aviation is honoring the 65th anniversary of the first flight of the most popular single-engine aircraft in aviation history Cessna Skyhawk. Since the aircraft first took to the sky, more than 45,000 Skyhawks have been delivered to customers around the world—more than any other ai...

Fast, affordable ultraviolet cleaning system for airplane cabins - Honeywell

New partnership: Honeywell and Dimer LLC, to bring an ultraviolet cleaning system to airlines that, when properly applied, significantly reduces certain viruses and bacteria on airplane cabin surfaces. The Honeywell UV Cabin System can treat an aircraft cabin in less than 10 minutes for just a few dollars per flight for midsize to large airline fleets. “This offering i...

First ever Type Certificate for an electric plane from EASA - Pipistrel Velis Electro

The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world’s first fully electric aeroplane ever to receive type certification. The two-seater, intended primarily for pilot training, is a game-changing aircraft in terms of technological innovations and cost-efficiency. Its EASA certification paves the way for the future of environmentally sustainable, emission-free aviation. After years of intensive rese...

MC-21-300 test aircraft arrived in Ulyanovsk for painting

On June 10, 2020 the MC-21-300 test aircraft (tail number 73056) flew from Ramenskoye airfield (Zhukovsky, Moscow region) to Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airfield for painting. The flight lasted about an hour and a half without remarks. The airplane was piloted by the crew of Hero of Russia, 1st class test-pilot Oleg Mutovin and 1st class test-pilot Vasily Sevastyanov. At Spektr-Avia's Ulyanovsk...

ILA Berlin 2020 goes digital with RED Aircraft

RED Aircraft confirms its participation in the ongoing ILA Berlin 2020 digital aerospace exibition. This is a major trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries with a public airshow. It is held every even year at the Berlin ExpoCenter Airport near Schönefeld. Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, however, the exhibition has gone digital this year. With this, ILA now be...

Moscow Aviation Institute creates planes for small aviation

The importance of small aircraft development in Russia is difficult to overestimate. In 15 regions of the country, aviation remains the main component of the transport system, while more than 28,000 settlements do not have any ground transport links at all. In order to provide high-quality transport links in the Far North, Siberia, and the Far East new approaches are needed to develop and imple...

The heart of Rolls-Royce future innovation and growth - net zero carbon by 2050

Rolls-Royce joined the UN Race to Zero campaign in the run up to COP26 with a bold ambition to play a leading role in pioneering a resilient, inclusive, net zero carbon future. This will see Rolls-Royce become net zero carbon in its operations by 2030 and, more fundamentally, set an ambition to play a leading role in enabling the sectors in which we operate to reach net zero carbon by 20...

Civil Air Patrol and Textron Aviation Special Missions continued collaboration

Textron Aviation signed a contract by the U.S. Civil Air Patrol for the sale of 17 Cessna piston engine aircraft. Using fiscal year 2020 funds, the CAP agreed to purchase 11 Skyhawk 172S, five Skylane 182T and one Turbo Stationair HD T206HD aircraft. The aircraft will join a fleet of nearly 550 Cessna aircraft currently owned and operated by the CAP. “From search and rescue, to disas...

Bombardier Aviation cuts 2500 jobs

The corona crisis has direct impact on jobs at Bombardier Aviation: the announced workforce adjustment means 2500 aviation jobs will be cuted.The company tells, that when the pandemic first arose, it responded quickly, suspending manufacturing operations to support local government efforts to slow the spread of the virus and to protect the health and safety of employees, partners and customer...

Airbus: Orders and Deliveries May 2020

Airbus 2020 gross orders by May 31st totalled 365 aircraft and net orders stood at 299 aircraft. The Company registered zero cancellations in May and no new order. During the month, 24 deliveries were achieved from the A220, A320 and A350 XWB aircraft families. Business in May brings the overall total orders logged by Airbus since its creation to 20,407 commercial aircraft, which includ...

RED Aircraft moves forward its RED A03 Piston Engine towards STC Business

RED Aircraft GmbH is now focusing heavily on creating more STC partnership opportunities for the users of its cutting edge aviation piston engine RED A03. The most powerful piston engine on the market, RED A03 operates with aviation kerosene up to an operating altitude of FL500. The company is currently working on increasing the number of airframe types that use RED A03. Official sources reve...

Montenegro Air Force Signs Purchase Agreement for Two Bell 505s

Montenegro Air Force has signed a purchase agreement for two Bell 505 Jet Ranger X’s. These new aircraft will be used to train the Montenegrin military pilots. The agreement also provides that Bell will provide training for three pilots in France and eight technicians at its Bell Training Academy in Fort Worth, TX. The helicopters will be delivered out of our Bell-owned service center in Pra...

Welcome the finalist in AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards - Wingcopter

Wingcopter has been named a finalist in the XCELLENCE Awards by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI). The Germany-based manufacturer of autonomous delivery drones was selected from a pool of accomplished applicants as one of six finalists for the Humanitarian category, sponsored by DJI. Winners will be announced during the keynote session on Thursday, Oct. 8 at AUVSI...

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