Charles Alcock

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Lilium, Volocopter, and Airbus all now appear to be out of the advanced air mobility running

Cash Crunch Forces Consolidation among eVTOL Contenders

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

Remotely monitored autonomous aircraft will have a payload of 600 pounds and range of 300 nm

Pipistrel Flies Nuuva V300 Multi-role Drone for the First Time

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Textron eAviation subsidiary has long been deep into propulsion R&D

Pipistrel Advances Hydrogen, Hybrid, and Electric Power Options

Remotely piloted flights will start in 2025 as manufacturer works towards service entry in the 2030s

Textron Will Flight Test Nexus eVTOL Aircraft at Salina 

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Pipistrel's Velis Electro two-seater is the only electric aircraft certified for passenger flights in the UK

UK's Electric Aircraft Fleet Grows, Mainly for Training

Hanneke Weitering

Eco-Aviation Foundation receives first Velis Electro delivery

Pipistrel Delivers First Electric Trainer to U.S. Flight School

Matt Thurber

Four-passenger aircraft could enter service in the 2030s

Nexus eVTOL Progressing at Textron eAviation

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

H3 Dynamics' hydrogen fuel cells could power a 19-seat aircraft

EU-Backed Clean Aviation Initiative Picks Hydrogen Fuel Cell Supplier

Chad Trautvetter

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Textron eAviation

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Cash Crunch Forces Consolidation among eVTOL Contenders

Pipistrel Flies Nuuva V300 Multi-role Drone for the First Time

Pipistrel Advances Hydrogen, Hybrid, and Electric Power Options

Textron Will Flight Test Nexus eVTOL Aircraft at Salina

UK's Electric Aircraft Fleet Grows, Mainly for Training

Pipistrel Delivers First Electric Trainer to U.S. Flight School

Nexus eVTOL Progressing at Textron eAviation

EU-Backed Clean Aviation Initiative Picks Hydrogen Fuel Cell Supplier

Textron eAviation Joins NBAA's AAM Roundtable

Race to Market Heats Up For eVTOL Aircraft Pioneers

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