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China-based urban air mobility company EHang has received commercial pilot operation approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for its EHang 216 autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV). The approval, which covers air logistics operations, was granted based on the CAAC’s Pilot Operation Rules (Interim) for Specific Unmanned Aircraft. According to EHang, it is the […]

Airbus has announced that its A400M Atlas military transport turboprop has received its automatic low-level flight certification. The certification covers operations in visual meteorological conditions with a second certification phase to include instrumental meteorological conditions planned for 2021. The certification campaign involved transitions from low-level flight to operations such as aerial delivery and flights down […]

Boeing announced on Wednesday that it will lay off approximately 6,770 employees in the U.S. due to the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to Boeing, its international locations are also in the process of workforce reductions, which “will be communicated locally on their own timelines in accordance with local laws and benefit […]

Spring weather in Florida’s Kennedy Space Center caused the historic SpaceX launch scheduled for this afternoon to be scrubbed. Controllers ruefully suggested that if the mission could be delayed by 10 minutes, it might have come off today. But the launch window for the Crew Dragon to reach the International Space Station would not permit […]

Aircraft deliveries declined across all segments during the first quarter (Q1) of 2020, according to the quarterly aircraft shipments and billings report released by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) on Wednesday. Compared to the first quarter of 2019, the total number of airplane deliveries in Q1 2020 dropped approximately 20.9 percent from 511 to […]

For aircraft companies not named Diamond, diesel engines have proved lackluster in the market with avgas engines still the go-to powerplants. Tecnam announced Wednesday that they aim to change that with the introduction of the P2010 TDI, a diesel version of the Lycoming-powered P2010 certified in the 2015. The new model also has a new […]

As much as we love our phones and tablets, getting them to do more than one task at a time hasn’t been a thing. But now that Apple has added multitasking to the IOS platform, ForeFlight says its popular flight planning and navigation app will play that game. Simply sliding the app up from the […]

Commuter airline Southern Airways Express has announced that it is launching a new seaplane service in partnership with New York-based Tailwind Air. The flights are part of a codeshare agreement and will offer service from Manhattan to East Hampton, Montauk and Shelter Island, New York. The aircraft, all amphibious Cessna Caravans, will be operated by […]

What could be better than a new WACO biplane? A new WACO biplane on floats. And better than that? A new WACO YMF-5F biplane on amphibious floats, which is what has just been delivered by the company. While the Battle Creek, Michigan-based firm has been flying a factory ship on Aerocet 3400 composite amphibious floats […]

Assuming the weather cooperates in Florida, tomorrow’s launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on a “demo” flight to the International Space Station will mark an important resumption of U.S. space travel capability. Late on Tuesday, the prediction had improved to a 60 percent likelihood of acceptable weather on launch day; a few days ago […]