A new electric training aircraft created by Czech aircraft maker Bristell working with the team behind the Solar Impulse round-the-world flight has made its first … Read more
News
French firms combine to develop EcoPulse hybrid
Three French aviation companies have joined forces to develop a hybrid propulsion system for a TBM airframe. Daher – manufacturer of the TBM – Airbus … Read more
Siemens sells e-aircraft business to Rolls-Royce
Siemens is to sell its eAircraft unit to Rolls-Royce. The deal was announced today at the Paris Air Show and is expected to be completed … Read more
Four teams confirmed for Airbus supported E Race
Four teams have already entered for the world’s first ever electric aircraft air race, Air Race E, to be held next year. Air Race E … Read more
First flight for Ampaire’s hybrid-electric Cessna
Californian company Ampaire has made the first flight of its hybrid-electric Cessna 337, swapping out one of the aircraft’s two engines for an electric propulsion … Read more
Reviews
Avidyne IFD440/540 avionicsIFD540 From $16,999 | IFD440 From $11,999
Avidyne’s IFD line of GPS/NAV/COMs offers the only real alternative to Garmin’s GTN line of navigators. Announced at Oshkosh 2011, the IFD540 suffered a somewhat … Read more
Dynon D3 Pocket Panel£954
Hard to believe, but in January 2020, Dynon Avionics will have been making innovative equipment for homebuilt aircraft for 20 years. Starting with a pitot … Read more
Hummingbird Electric Folding Bicycle£4,495
Cycling is fun, right? Well it is, but some hills make you question the wisdom of the plan. Enter the UK-designed and built Hummingbird Electric … Read more
DJI Osmo Pocket£329
DJI has just launched a small gyro stabilised video camera, the Osmo Pocket, and we thought it looked ideal for opportunistic inflight filming and stills … Read more
Garmin’s latest 6.51 software update
Recently Garmin has added STC approval of version 6.51 to the GTN 650/750 series navigators for FAA certified light helicopters. This update follows last autumn’s … Read more
Gallery
LoPresti Fury
The LoPresti Fury is one sweet-handling, fast, aerobatic tourer. It’s also drop-dead gorgeous. When it was unveiled in the late-eighties, hundreds of people wanted to … Read more
Beech Bonanza
The longest continuously produced aircraft in history, the Beechcraft Bonanza, with its V-tail, was a GA revelation when it first appeared in 1946, and it … Read more
Grumman Widgeon
When Grumman originally built the Widgeon seaplane, it was powered by six-cylinder in-line Ranger engines. But many of the 276 produced, like this one, owned … Read more
Turbine Maule M-7-420AC
When Maule Aircraft added a 420shp Allison turbine to their M7 taildragger, they created an awesome piece of General Aviation kit. Expect a rate of … Read more