Garmin Autoland certified for PC-12 Pro news Yves Le Marquand 28 Sep 26 0 Garmin’s Autoland system has been certified by both the FAA and EASA for integration in the cockpit of the Pilatus PC-12 Pro. The approvals were… Read more
Electra completes test flights from heliport news Yves Le Marquand 23 Sep 26 0 Electra has completed “first-of-its-kind” flights from a heliport on a commercial airport ramp at the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport in southwestern Virginia, US. The operations showcased… Read more
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
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
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
Textron’s Beechcraft Denali in final phases of flight testing news Yves Le Marquand 22 Jul 26 0 Textron’s clean-sheet single-engine Beechcraft Denali turboprop is progressing through the final phases of flight testing, the company reports. The programme remains on schedule to complete… Read more
Epic Flight Academy signs deal for up to 50 new Pipistrel Voyager trainers news Fayaz Hussain 20 Jul 26 0 Epic Flight Academy has signed a purchase agreement for up to 50 Pipistrel Voyager aircraft, making the Florida-based flight school the launch customer for the… Read more
Jack of all planes opinion Yves Le Marquand 13 Jul 26 0 Last week a farm worker in Jandong, East Java went viral after he posted a video of himself dangling from an agricultural drone, hitching a… Read more