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. She is now based in Seattle near Boeing Field and spends her free time exploring nature in the Pacific Northwest.

Latest from Hanneke Weitering

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Textron Aviation Unveils Citation CJ3 Gen2

Upgrades to the CJ3 were based on customer feedback
Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 overall cabin with green lighting
Fuel

Embraer Flies Phenom 300E, Praetor 600 on 100% SAF

Engine performance on SAF matched that of Jet-A
Embraer SAF flight
Environment

NBAA-BACE Kicks Off with Sustainability Talks

Panel sessions focus on decarbonizing aviation
Ed Bolen NBAA-BACE 2023
Avionics

Textron Aviation Adds Autothrottles to Citation M2 Gen2

Garmin autothrottles come standard-equipped starting in 2025
A Garmin autothrottle is pictured in the cockpit of a Citation M2 Gen2
FutureFlight

Quantum3D partnered with Limosa to create a mixed-reality flight simulator for the LimoConnect eVTOL air taxi.
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FutureFlight

Financial incentives from the state of Georgia have supported the choice of location, and shareholder Stellantis is also providing funds.
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FutureFlight

Pivotal, formerly known as Opener, has introduced its first production-conforming personal eVTOL aircraft.
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Aircraft

Textron Aviation Delivers 100th Citation Longitude

The super-midsize jet was delivered to a longtime Citation customer
Textron Aviation employees pose for a group photo with the 100th Citation Longitude
FutureFlight

The U.S. Air Force has paid Archer Aviation nearly $1 million for the delivery of a mobile flight simulator for eVTOL aircraft.
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Aircraft

Textron Aviation's Citation Ascend To Make BACE Debut

Updated cabin mockup coming to NBAA's static display
Cessna Citation Ascend
FutureFlight

Skyportz has released a concept for a waterfront vertiport and “e-mobility hub” that it hopes to build in Melbourne, Australia.
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FutureFlight

Having completed more than 1,000 remotely piloted flight tests with its eVTOL prototypes over the past 10 years, Joby Aviation has successfully flown its electric air taxi with pilots on board for the first time.
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FutureFlight

Shenzhen Boling Holding Group has placed a conditional order for as many as 100 of EHang's two-seat eVTOL aircraft, which the company intends to use for aerial sightseeing operations.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Textron Aviation’s Greensboro Service Center Turns 30

The facility opened in 1993 as the Citation Service Center
A technician services an aircraft at the Greensboro Service Center
FutureFlight

Beta says its Alia eCTOL airplane is the first all-electric aircraft to fly over an international border.
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FutureFlight

The company now has more than 250 orders for powertrain conversion kits in its backlog.
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FutureFlight

Joby Aviation has delivered an air taxi to the Edwards Air Force Base in California about six months ahead of schedule, marking the first-ever delivery of an eVTOL aircraft to a paying customer in the U.S.
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FutureFlight

Supernal's new research and development facility in Fremont, California, is dedicated to the advancement of batteries, autonomous systems, and other technologies that will enable electric air travel and urban air mobility.
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FutureFlight

The ability of VoltAero's Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft to run its turbogenerator on sustainable aviation fuel will be important to achieve its decarbonization efforts.
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FutureFlight

Joby Aviation will build its first large-scale production facility at Dayton International Airport, where it intends to manufacture up to 500 eVTOL aircraft per year.
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FutureFlight

Beta Technologies will install a charging station for electric aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, where the company's Alia aircraft will be used for "on-base experimentation."
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FutureFlight On The Radar

To prevent fires in lithium-ion batteries, scientists have developed some clever new solutions that could make electric aircraft safer.
Charter & Fractional

Bristow, Volocopter Team on eVTOL Service in U.S., UK

Agreement includes up to 80 VoloCity eVTOLs for Bristow
VoloCity over London
FutureFlight

Bristow Helicopters has agreed to purchase up to 80 VoloCity eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight

Emergency services provider Falck has agreed to purchase a single JA1 Pulse eVTOL aircraft from California-based Jump Aero.
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FutureFlight

SkyDrive is embarking on a joint research project with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to study ways to estimate, evaluate, and reduce the noise produced by eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight

FutureFlight.aero's weekly advanced air mobility news roundup
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Regulations and Government

EASA Introduces VTOL Aircraft Policy Changes

Changes to rules for urban air mobility would need revisions to EU aviation regulations
Volocopter eVTOL aircraft flight in Paris
FutureFlight

The 2023 Airtaxi World Congress will feature public flight demonstrations with eVTOL air taxis at San Francisco International Airport.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published new proposed regulations governing the operation of vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft, including drones and air taxis.