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Larry Anglisano, editor of The Aviation Consumer, stopped by the True Blue Power booth last week at NBAA-BACE 2024 to check out the newest offering in its line of lithium-ion batteries. The Gen5 TB50 Lithium-ion Aircraft Battery is an engine start battery that delivers 50 amp-hours at half the weight of other batteries on the […]

Powered by six electric motors, Joby’s electric aircraft takes off and lands vertically and can carry one pilot and four riders at speeds near 200 knots. Joby is engaged in a multiyear testing program with the FAA to certify the vehicle for commercial operations and has completed the first three of five stages. It was […]

Universal Avionics’ latest Aperture visual management system fuses real-time video analysis from multiple cameras, ADS-B data and real-time ATC and aircraft audio/speech recognition—plus artificial intelligence insights—to provide imaging with visual instructions displayed directly to cockpit avionics displays. The idea is to blend it all together (with AI front and center) for better obstacle avoidance, taxi […]

The Pilatus PC-24 twin-engine jet picks up where the well-respected PC-12 NGX turboprop left off. It has a decent-sized cabin with a large cargo door, fast cruising speed, single-pilot operation and better yet, can operate off unimproved strips. Pilatus was showing the PC-24 at the NBAA 2024 convention in Las Vegas and Aviation Consumer magazine’s […]

At the 2024 NBAA-BACE convention in Las Vegas, Textron Aviation was showing off the next generation of Citation business jets that it calls Gen3. It’s a combination of flight deck and avionics upgrades that includes Garmin’s Emergency Autoland, plus some major upgrades to the Citation CJ4 including the G3000 Prime integrated avionics suite. Aviation Consumer […]

There are only five airworthy De Havilland Mosquitos in the world and two of them recently formed the first formation in more than 37 years in Santa Maria.

NATO forces regularly practice using highways as temporary airfields and two Air Force F-35As joined the effort in Finland in September. Video is by the USA Military Channel.