When looking on the ClimateBase website, I noticed a company named Heart Aerospace listed there. The aviation company is located in California and Sweden and does a good job of explaining what it does immediately on its website’s homepage: electrifying regional air travel. Aviation is one of the primary contributors … [continued]
Archer’s Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Will Seek to Integrate Across the LA28 Games through Transporting VIPs, Fans, & Stakeholders, While Electrifying Vertiport Take-off-and-Landing Hubs for Key Venues LOS ANGELES—Today, Archer (NYSE: ACHR) announced that it has been selected as the Official Air Taxi Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games … [continued]
A sleek, nearly silent two-seater aircraft is zipping its way across the United States — and it’s not running on a drop of fuel. It’s the B23 Energic, an all-electric airplane from Swiss aviation company H55, and it’s in the middle of a months-long tour called H55 Across America. The … [continued]
Two years ago, I denounced the fool’s game Airbus is playing around its hydrogen plane, accusing them of building hydrogen hype, not planes. Everything makes sense now: has Airbus invested €15 billion in this program? No. Will they support European regulation to ensure the development of the hydrogen market? No. Will … [continued]
Electric airplanes are often expected to be the fun, exciting new era of the EV market. However, we’re yet to see many practical, commercially competitive applications of electric flight. But one might be popping out thanks to the Liaoning General Aviation Academy. China has certified the Liaoning General Aviation Academy … [continued]
A couple of months ago, I wrote about Lilium running out of money. It seemed the dream had died. After 9 years and nearly 1,000 “preorders,” Lilium just couldn’t make it financially. It’s hard to get off the ground as a startup and reach profitability, even more so in an … [continued]
As I wrote a week ago, unfortunately, following some surprise obstacles getting financial support in Germany, Lilium had to file for insolvency. The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft startup has been getting hype and praise for years, and even logged hundreds of orders this year and planning to … [continued]
Lilium has been developing one of the more attractive eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft over the past decade or so. It also had some positive news recently. A few months ago, I noted that the company had logged a good chunk of future sales in the UK. Three … [continued]
A hydrogen fuel cell eVOTL demonstrator from the US firm Joby has achieved a flight of more that 500 miles, emitting only water vapor and no greenhouse gases.
Electric aviation is a fascinating topic. And when we talk about electric aviation, we’re typically talking about vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft of course. There’s been a lot of interest and hype around electric VTOL aircraft for the past several years, but no one’s really using them yet — … [continued]
The New AeroVironment Sunglider Also Redefines Stratospheric Payload Capabilities ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — AeroVironment (AV) flight-tested an upgraded Sunglider™, enhancing its High-Altitude Platform-Station (HAPS) capabilities for commercial and government markets. The result is Horus™ A, the new version of Sunglider for government applications. Horus A is a solar-powered UAS capable of … [continued]
