The first-ever fully autonomous commercial drone delivery to a customer’s doorstep was completed last week, with an OK from the FAA, delivering a package of hot and cold snacks from a 7-Eleven in Reno, Nevada, to a nearby family’s backyard. Drone manufacturer Flirtey and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems, a nonprofit group working with […]
The pilot was killed when an F/A-18C fighter jet crashed Thursday night during a training mission in southern California, the Marine Corps has reported. The crash occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the vicinity of the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center near Twentynine Palms, about 140 miles east of Los Angeles. The pilot, whose name has […]
AVweb caught up with Pipistrel at AirVenture 2016 to talk about NASA’s selection of the company’s electric powerplants for its X-57 research program. The engine powers the Taurus Electro G2 aircraft. view on YouTube
Boeing could soon see the last of its iconic four-engine 747, which has been in service since 1970, the company said this week. If orders for the jet don’t pick up soon, “It is reasonably possible that we could decide to end production of the 747,” the company said, according to Bloomberg News. In a […]
Before you can fly an F-35, you’re going to spend time in the T50a simulator. At AirVenture 2016, Jeff and Baxter Van West got a crack at the sim and shot this AVweb video detailing it. view on YouTube
The Commemorative Air Force announced its newest educational outreach program this week at AirVenture 2016 in Oshkosh. The CAF Rise Above: WASP, about Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II, arose from the Rise Above Red Tail Traveling Exhibit, which has brought the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to 200,000 visitors. The WASP film, […]
OpenAirplane, which comes as close to a nationwide aircraft rental service as we’ve seen, continues to expand and at AirVenture 2016 this week, it announced a new service called FlyOtto. According to OpenAirplane’s Rod Rakic, FlyOtto essentially makes a network of Part 135 on-demand charter operators accessible for anyone who wants a trip from A […]
Embraer’s entry-level Phenom 100 business jet has “evolved,” the company said today at EAA AirVenture, and the new model is now known as the Phenom 100 EV. The EV features a new flight deck based on Garmin’s G3000 touchscreen avionics suite, and Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW617F1-E engines, offering more speed and enhanced performance for […]
Despite its much publicized loss of two Boeing 777s, Malaysia Airlines says it’s forging ahead with a path for growth by ordering 50 new Boeing 737 MAX airliners. Twenty-five of the 737s are firm and the rest are options, the airline said this week. The MAX models are re-engined and upgraded versions of the 737, […]
The CEO of Icon Aircraft says he believes his company has moved past the controversy that resulted from its initial stab at a purchase agreement for the Icon A5. Kirk Hawkins told AVweb in an interview at AirVenture 2016 that a revised agreement released in June has been generally well-accepted. The first document, a 43-page […]
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