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Heart Aerospace X1 clears FAA for first flight as world's largest electric aircraft

Electric aircraft FAA certification: Heart Aerospace has received a Special Airworthiness Certificate authorizing piloted ...
Tech Xplore

Hybrid-electric aircraft clears 30,000 feet for first time in test flights

An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace ...
Vintage Aviation News on MSN

Pioneers of aeronautical engineering: Igor Sikorsky – the man behind the first practical helicopter

Igor Sikorsky built the world's first practical helicopter, pioneered four-engine aircraft, and created Pan Am's Flying ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Nomad 100 rotor-blown wing drone completes first flight tests for runway-free ops

Sikorsky has moved its Nomad 100 uncrewed aircraft into flight testing, clearing an early ...
Business Wire

Joby’s First FAA-Conforming Aircraft Takes Flight

Flight marks a major step on the path to FAA Type Certification Aircraft is first of a fleet being built for Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) FAA pilots expected to begin ‘for credit’ TIA flight ...
The Aviationist on MSN

First Customer Lined Up for Proposed Next Generation Catalina Flying Boat

A plan for a modernised, turboprop-powered version of the iconic Catalina is one step closer to becoming realised with a Hong ...
SlashGear

NASA's Ultra-Quiet X-59 Aircraft Just Took To The Skies For The First Time

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...
Forbes

90 Years After Its First Flight, Over 150 Douglas DC-3s Still Fly

Perhaps the most important aircraft in the history of commercial aviation was the Douglas DC-3. This year will mark the 90 th anniversary of the first commercial flight of the DC-3. On June 25, 1936, ...