Bye Aerospace, developer of the electric two-seat eFlyer, has announced an eight-seat all-electric twin turboprop class aircraft, the eFlyer 800, powered by Safran units. Bye … Read more
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Design POD’s helmet for electric record bid
Rolls-Royce and flying charity fly2help have launched a competition to design the helmet that test pilot Phill O’Dell will wear when he makes an attenpt … Read more
AERO Friedrichshafen cancels
AERO Friedrichshafen has been cancelled for 2021. The event, the biggest GA show in Europe, was moved from April to July but now the organisers … Read more
H55 joins Harbour Air electric seaplane project
H55, the spin-off project from the Swiss Solar Impulse electric round-the-world flight, is to supply battery packs for Harbour Air’s electric Beaver seaplane. Harbour Air … Read more
Drone company to fly routine BVLOS
‘The starting gun’ has been fired for the drone industry as the CAA authorises the first company to carry out routine Beyond Visual Line of … Read more
CAA: Better GA after Brexit
Top of the CAA’s list to make the UK a better place for General Aviation following our departure from EASA is… (drum roll)… simplify pilot … Read more
CAA extends revalidation alternatives
The CAA has issued an extension to the alternative requirements for revalidating a class rating to 31 July 2021. The authority makes the point that … Read more
It’s go, go, go! for September LAA Rally
The LAA Rally – highlight of the year for many aviators – is a go! for this September. The Rally is set for 3-5 September … Read more
ASKA flying SUV announced in Silicon Valley
Most of the new breed of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are aimed at the commercial or military markets but here’s the ASKA … Read more
Piper debuts Pilot 100i trainer at Sun n’ Fun
Piper has shown off its new trainer aircraft, the Piper Pilot 100i, for the first time at this week’s Sun n’ Fun event in Florida. … Read more
