Whisper Aero flies first piloted tests using ‘ultra-quiet’ electric propulsors

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Aug 26

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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…

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Cirrus opens expanded Grand Forks facility

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Aug 26

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Cirrus has opened its expanded manufacturing facility in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The multi-million-dollar investment provides the additional production capacity needed to optimise manufacturing flow,…

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You can get how much in that single-engine? Astro Aero unveils A200C SkyExpress

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Aug 26

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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…

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‘Sweat the details’ to make turboprop services work, says Tradewind CEO

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Aug 26

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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…

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‘It’s not a Toyota’ – Grappling with rising MRO costs

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Aug 26

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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…

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PlaneSense launches fractional financing programme with KSD Aviation

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Jul 26

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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…

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Daher delivers 400th Kodiak

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Yves Le Marquand

29 Jul 26

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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…

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Textron’s Beechcraft Denali in final phases of flight testing

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Jul 26

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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…

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Hopping into new markets

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Jul 26

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Hinkspiel, skola, swehi, escargot, hopscotch. The age-old game based on the idea of hopping from space to space is played by children around the world.…

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Hartzell Frontier propeller STC-approved for Continental-powered Cessna Skywagons

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Yves Le Marquand

29 Jun 26

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Hartzell Propeller has secured supplemental type certificate (STC) approval on its new Frontier scimitar aluminum propeller for Cessna 180 Skywagon airplanes equipped with Continental O-470…

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