A stealth fighter jet called the X-2, which has been in development in Japan since 2009, flew for the first time on Friday, CNN has reported. The jet, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is not a production design or prototype, but a technology demonstrator, which is meant as a test bed for future designs. The […]
How did this whole “brand” thing come about, anyway? When Coca-Cola and General Motors became iconic American companies as far back as the 1920s, was anybody talking about the actual word “brand”? In college during the 1970s and in my early years in journalism, I hardly recall the word itself ever being used in normal […]
Even as it’s deep into research on an electric hybrid drive system using internal combustion engines, the creative Slovenia company Pipistrel is looking into electric aircraft that will use hydrogen fuel cells. As part of AVweb’s follow-up coverage of the Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Paul Bertorelli recorded this podcast interview with the driving force […]
Solar Impulse II completed a 56-hour leg from Hawaii to Mountain View, California just before midnight local time on Saturday. The aircraft, which had to undergo a refit in Hawaii after the epic leg from Japan wrecked its batteries, reportedly performed flawlessly on the trip, which ended with a dramatic entrance over the Golden Gate […]
Engine manufacturers and airframers have long worried that the FAA would like the authority to declare the replacement fuel for 100LL as applicable for fleetwide use. But at Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this week, Lycoming’s Michael Kraft told AVweb that the FAA reauthorization bill currently snaking through Congress has specific language giving the FAA administrator […]
Even at a price north of a million dollars, Diamond’s new DA62 twin is finding strong demand in a new aircraft market most describe as tepid. Diamond CEO Christian Dries told AVweb this week at Aero that production will rise to more than one airplane per week and that he believes a volume of 60 […]
At Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this week, Diamond CEO Christian Dries toldAVwebin this exclusive podcast that demand is unexpectedly strong for the new DA62 twin. Duration: 10:19 File Size: 8.9 MB download here
At Aero in Friedrichshafen, Cirrus president Pat Waddick in this exclusive podcast gaveAVweban in-depth decryption of testing for the new SF50 Vision Jet that Cirrus will soon begins shipping. Duration: 14:35 File Size: 12.5 MB download here
AVweb‘s search of aviation news around the world found announcements from Dual Electronics and GoPro, Embraer Executive Jets, the National Air Transportation Association and the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Dual Electronics Corporation announcedit is working to integrate Dual’s portable GPS receivers with GoPro HERO4 cameras, as part of the GoPro Developer Program. The integration […]
Solar Impulse 2 departed Hawaii Thursday morning bound for Mountain View, California, with one of the team’s two pilots, Bertrand Piccard,at the controls of the single-seat aircraft. This leg is expected to last about two and a half days. The four-motor, single-seat airplane took a nine-month hiatus in Hawaii, where battery overheating issues from its […]
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