Hanneke Weitering
Science & Technology Editor

Hanneke Weitering is a writer and editor with AIN covering advanced air mobility and new flight technologies. She became an aviation journalist and joined the AIN team in the summer of 2022 after reporting on spaceflight and astronomy for six years at Space.com. After earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she moved to New York City to pursue a master’s degree in science, health, and environmental reporting at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. After spending several years in the Pacific Northwest, she has returned to the Knoxville area.

Latest from Hanneke Weitering

Engines

Rolls-Royce Adds Five Engine Maintenance Benefits

Changes cover time-limited parts, minor damage, paint, and shipping
Two Rolls-Royce staff in high-visibility vests look at a laptop beside a business jet and a Rolls-Royce AOG support car.
Maintenance and Modifications

Beechcraft 1900D Air Ambulance Lands at NBAA-BACE

Newfoundland shop taps U.S. sales partners to court air-medical operators
Beechcraft 1900D air ambulance at BACE
Aircraft

Cessna Citation Gen3 Jets Top 1,220 Flight-test Hours

All three Garmin Autoland-equipped jets on track for 2027 service entry
Cessna Citation Gen3 at BACE2026
Maintenance and Modifications

Wheels Up Signs Honeywell Mx Plan for Challenger Bizjets

Deal includes access to Honeywell’s Ensemble
Wheels Up and Honeywell at BACE2026
Avionics

Hughes and Garmin Expand Guided Visual Approaches

Database now covers 64 approaches at 48 airports
Regulations and Government

NASA Chief Touts X-59 Progress at NBAA-BACE

Jared Isaacman says test data is ‘extremely encouraging’ so far
Former NASA astronaut Charlie Precourt (left) and NASA administrator Jared Isaacman
Training and Workforce

AIN’s Matt Thurber Gets Wings

Thurber honored with NBAA lifetime achievement award
Matt Thurber NBAA lifetime achievement award
Charter & Fractional

Solairus, Flexjet Leaders Talk Future of Bizav

Fresh off acquisitions, Drohan and Varsano say culture outweighs size
NBAA-BACE 2026 newsmakers lunch..
Aircraft

First Production Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 Rolls Out

Updated light jet could enter service next year
Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 rollout
Maintenance and Modifications

Omni Courts Challenger Operators with Galileo FDX Deal

Tulsa MRO waives $25,000 STC fee for 2026 commitments
Omni Aircraft Maintenance Gogo Galileo install
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliott Raffles Pre-purchase Aircraft Eval at NBAA-BACE

MRO provider says accelerated evaluations take as few as five days
Operations

JetNet Opens Its Aviation Data to AI Assistants

WingX flight data and JetNet records now flow into ChatGPT and Claude
Christoph Kohler
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Light Switch: LED Tubes Plug into Fluorescent Fixtures

Aircraft Lighting International showcases color-changing cabin LEDs at NBAA-BACE
Aircraft Lighting International
Training and Workforce

AirComp: U.S. Business Aviation Pay Climbs 8% in U.S.

Analysis shows industry salary gains are outpacing national rate of 3.4%
Chris Broyhill headshot
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aloft Opens Innovation Lab for Aircraft Systems Testing

Delaware lab rents space and equipment to industry partners
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Duncan Aviation Refurbishes Its Design Teams

Design teams hired and promoted staff in Nebraska, Michigan, and Utah
New Duncan Aviation designers
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation and Ripley’s Prove That Pigs Can Fly

Cessna Citation XLS+ paint scheme goes hog wild
Wings, a gold nose ring, and a chicken earring give the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Citation 560XLS+ its pig persona.
Operations

FAA’s eVTOL Pilot Program Takes Flight across the U.S.

Bizav and general aviation airports become proving grounds for AAM
Beta Alia CX300
Charter & Fractional

Blade Flies NBAA-BACE Attendees over Las Vegas Traffic

Helicopter shuttles link the convention center and static display
Blade at BACE 2026
Rotorcraft

DTA Pitches Two-seat Hybrid eVTOL

French gyroplane maker brings its JP1 multicopter to NBAA-BACE
DTA's two-seat JP1 hybrid eVTOL flies at dusk during uncrewed flight testing in France.
Maintenance and Modifications

Garmin’s Emergency Autoland System Tops 2,500 Aircraft

Six years after first approval, it now spans more than 15 models
Garmin Autoland button
Safety

Battery Fire at Archer’s San Jose Lab Forces Evacuation

Three people were hurt and about 100 evacuated after a test pack overheated
Archer’s battery pack production line
Maintenance and Modifications

U.S. Army C-12 Marks 1,000th Garmin King Air Retrofit

Stevens Aerospace installed G1000 NXi avionics and Garmin Autothrottle
Army and industry officials stand with a U.S. Army C-12 Huron in a hangar.
Operations

Beta Tests Electric Airplane as Medical Courier in Utah

Flights with Alpine Air tested delivery of short-lived radiopharmaceuticals
Beta Technologies’ all-electric Alia CX300 kicks up dust on a dry lakebed.
Engines

FAA Backs Heart’s Hybrid Powertrain Development

CLEEN award will help Heart flight-test its turbogenerator on the ES-36
A digital rendering of Heart’s ES-36 airplane in flight
Regulations and Government

Pilot-Astronauts Isaacman and Precourt Headline NBAA Lunch

NASA chief talks with a four-flight shuttle veteran and NBAA board member
Portraits of Charlie Precourt and Jared Isaacman
Aircraft

Inside Heart’s Hybrid-electric Airliner Redesign

CEO Anders Forslund explains why Heart returned to a series-hybrid design
ES-36 render
Regulations and Government

Jury Sides with Aerosonic in Joby Trade Secrets Case

Probe maker wins $116.9 million verdict against eVTOL developer
Joby’s eVTOL flies at sunset
Regulations and Government

U.S. Marines Extend Regent’s Electric Seaglider Deal

Phase IV adds $5 million, bringing the contract’s total to $19.25 million
U.S. Marines trial Regent Craft seaglider
Operations

Metro Aviation Flies Beta’s Alia on North Carolina Medical Runs

Electric airplane connected Raleigh-area hospitals with the Outer Banks
Beta Alia CX300 aircraft in Metro Aviation livery