F-35A Lightning IIs from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings taxi out for launch from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 15, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner) The F-35s from Hill Air Force Base have arrived at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Twelve F-35A Lightning II jets belonging to…
Photo: shutterstock.com Reading Time: < 1 minuteOptimistic on a stable rebound in the aviation industry, Airbus expects to deliver 720 commercial aircrafts this year. Deliveries of new Airbus aircraft are set to grow 18% to a total of around 720 this year, the company said, surpassing the 2017 level but still far away from its…
AutoFlight’s eVTOL, the Prosperity I, successfully performed a transition test flight, moving from vertical take-off to horizontal flight and back to vertical motion for landing. (Photo: AutoFlight) AutoFlight, a startup developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, completed a proof-of-concept transition test flight with its Prosperity I last month. This test flight, which demonstrated…
Joby Aviation will work with ANA HOLDINGS to bring eVTOL operations to Japan. (Photo: Joby Aviation) This week, Joby Aviation and ANA HOLDINGS—parent company of All Nippon Airways (ANA)—announced their joint efforts to establish aerial ridesharing services in Japan. The collaboration includes infrastructure development, air traffic management, pilot training, and meeting regulatory requirements to begin…
Photo: Airbus Reading Time: < 1 minuteFormer Chairperson of Turkish Airlines Ilker Aycı was appointed as Air India’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. “The board after due deliberations approved the appointment of Ilker Ayci as the CEO & MD of Air India. This appointment is subject to requisite regulatory approvals,” Tata Sons stated in…
One F-117 and two F-35Bs recover to MCAS Miramar. (Image credit: @point_mugu_skies) The U.S. Marine Corps F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) jets jointly operated with an F-117 Nighthawk from Tonopah Test Range. On Feb. 8, 2022, the news started circulating online about at least one F-117 Nighthawk working the pattern at MCAS (Marine…
The U.S. Air Force awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Electra.aero in support of the continued development of Electra’s hybrid-electric eSTOL aircraft. (Photo: Electra) Next generation aerospace company Electra.aero was awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The contract will support…
BAA Training Launches a New Pilot Training Program in Cooperation with ENAC Photo: BAA Training Reading Time: < 1 minuteBAA Training launches a new Ab Initio training program in cooperation with Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC). The new pilot training program has been tailored to individual, self-sponsored clients so that anyone interested, with little…
Winch operations were at the foundation of SAR training conducted on Jan 24, 2022. (All images: Wojciech Mazurkiewicz/TADO Aviation Photo) Polish SAR assets like you’ve never seen them before. The Polish 2nd SAR Group, belonging to the Air Force structures, has conducted winter SAR training on Jan. 24, 2022. The set of photographs you can…
Photo: SmartLynx Reading Time: < 1 minuteSmartLynx Airlines, a Latvia-based wet lease operator, has just signed an agreement with SMBC Aviation Capital to lease two Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, to meet growing demand from European and overseas markets. Zygimantas Surintas, SmartLynx Airlines CEO comments: “As SmartLynx Airlines continues to modernize its fleet, there’s no…
The team at Airbus is working towards 100% SAF to fuel all operations by 2030, and having an airliner using hydrogen as an energy source in service by 2035. (Photo: Airbus) By the end of 2021, for all customers receiving aircraft from Airbus’s final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) was incorporated…
In the boxes: frames from the leaked video showing the F-35C as it hits the deck and skids sideways engulfed in flames. The video shows the F-35C suffering a ramp strike before bursting in flames and skidding off the deck. Video footage from the USS Carl Vinson’s Pilot’s Landing Aid Television (PLAT) camera has just…