French startup company VoltAero has revealed the production design for its Cassio aircraft, powered by a hybrid-electric module. It’s a radical design with a canard … Read more
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Ampaire’s electric EEL glows at Oshkosh
+VIDEO The hybrid-electric Cessna 337 twin being developed by Ampaire will go on display at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh with Letters of Intent being … Read more
Airbus to develop hybrid power helicopter
Airbus Helicopters is working on a hybrid powered helicopter and expects to make the first flight in 2020, it was announced at last week’s Paris … 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
Equator Aircraft restarts flight tests of hybrid amphibian
The unusual hybrid power amphibious two-seater being developed by Norwegian company Equator Aircraft has restarted flight tests. The aircraft has its first flight on 26 … Read more
Faradair to certify hybrid electric 18-seat aircraft
British aerospace start-up Faradair intends to certify its 18 seat, hybrid electric ‘BEHA’ aircraft (Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft) for passenger operations by 2025. The hybrid … Read more
Rolls-Royce to fly hybrid-electric aircraft by 2021
Rolls-Royce expects to be flying an experimental aircraft with a hybrid-electric propulsion system by 2021, the British company has announced. It follows successful ground tests … Read more
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BIO-PLANE! A fascinating French project which plans to emulate Lindbergh’s pioneering flight across the Atlantic, on an unusual combination of bio-fuel, hybrid-electric and solar power … Read more
Hybrid-electric Cassio rises from E-Fan ashes
The two men who championed the Airbus electric E-Fan aircraft project before it was canned by the manufacturer in 2017 have set up a new … Read more
Safran unveils electric motor for hybrid and electric aircraft
French electronics and engine company Safran has revealed its first electric motor for future hybrid and electric aircraft. The ENGINeUS 45 motor has a continuous … Read more