Britten-Norman Islander begins ground tests news Yves Le Marquand 26 Aug 26 0 Britten-Norman’s first Islander built in the UK since production was reshored has begun its ground test programme, ahead of a first flight planned for September.… Read more
Connection over change opinion Aircraft Investor Expert 24 Aug 26 0 When I first started in banking, I wore a necktie and dress slacks to work every day. Back then, it was a big deal when… Read more
Composing marginal gains opinion Yves Le Marquand 24 Aug 26 0 For elite cyclists, track athletes and Formula One teams, marginal gains are everything. A few hundredths of a second can mean winning it all or… Read more
Whisper Aero flies first piloted tests using ‘ultra-quiet’ electric propulsors news Yves Le Marquand 19 Aug 26 0 Last week Whisper Aero flew three crewed flight tests, accumulating more than 130 minutes in the air, at its test facility in Crossville, Tennessee using… Read more
You can get how much in that single-engine? Astro Aero unveils A200C SkyExpress opinion Yves Le Marquand 17 Aug 26 0 Coming up with an aircraft design on paper is the easy part. Ask a former Michigan Tech student who, in 2015, conceptualised an entire wing-in-ground… Read more
Robert Medina appointed VP and general manager of Western Aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 12 Aug 26 0 Robert Medina has been named vice president and general manager of Greenwich AeroGroup subsidiary Western Aircraft. Medina will succeed Austin Shontz, who plans to retire following… Read more
‘Sweat the details’ to make turboprop services work, says Tradewind CEO opinion Yves Le Marquand 10 Aug 26 0 When the Portuguese were first making use of the trade winds in the Atlantic Ocean, known then as Volta do Mar which roughly translates as “turn… Read more
‘It’s not a Toyota’ – Grappling with rising MRO costs opinion Yves Le Marquand 3 Aug 26 0 If aircraft maintenance was a game show, it should be called The Price Isn’t Right. An engine overhaul that cost $350,000 in 2019, today could set… Read more
PlaneSense launches fractional financing programme with KSD Aviation news Yves Le Marquand 30 Jul 26 0 PlaneSense has launched a fractional share financing programme with KSD Aviation, the aviation financing platform of KSD Capital. The programme is available for purchasers of… Read more
Daher delivers 400th Kodiak news Yves Le Marquand 29 Jul 26 0 Daher Aircraft has delivered the 400th Kodiak. The milestone aircraft was a Kodiak 100 Series III delivered to a Canadian customer from Daher’s production facility… Read more