October 21, 2016. Pilot Profile: James Allen, Pilot’s own Flying Scotsman. Pilot’s long-serving contributor and ‘air-brained’ quiz compiler, James has enjoyed an illustrious career in aviation, from flying in the RAF to working as a professional engineer and writer

Nov 7, 2024 · A full flight test, plus operating and engineering evaluation, of the World’s first certified electric aircraft - the Pipistrel Velis Electro.

Dec 14, 2024 · ABOVE: The Velis Electro is the world’s first (and currently only) EASA-certified electric aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a light sport aircraft (LSA) airworthiness exemption for the Pipistrel Velis Electro, allowing US flight schools to offer training on the first commercially-available, type certified electric aircraft.

Nov 28, 2018 · January 27, 2021. Pilot profile: Paralysed former-Royal Marine Arthur Williams. He had everything, and lost it. But a passion for flying, and a Piper Cub, helped Arthur Williams to rediscover his zest for life.

May 29, 2021. Third refurbished 152 for Cambridge. The Cambridge Aero Club has added a third Cessna 152 aircraft to its fleet. The three aircraft were imported into the UK by Andrew Brinkley...

Dec 20, 2024 · ABOVE: The maiden flight of F-WIAE took place at Toulouse-Francazal airport on 3 December. If you enjoy aerobatics, but not so much the burning of hydrocarbons to indulge your love of unusual attitudes, French aircraft pioneer Aura Aero is one step closer to being the first to make that combination a reality – having made the inaugural flight of the all-electric Integral E, a world first for ...

October 18, 2024. Britten-Norman to build up to eight aircraft a year with new investment. by Charlotte Bailey

Dec 20, 2024 · Pipistrel announced that its Velis Electro has obtained CAA Type Certification, exactly two years after the aircraft had first earned its EASA certificate. The Velis Electro was the first, and so far only, electric aircraft to be certified by an aviation authority. While the Electro is designed as a circuit trainer with an endurance of […]

Dec 20, 2024 · A new British aviation company, ARC Aerosystems, recently revealed its latest design – the ARC Linx P9. Its aircraft is described as a ‘passenger-carrying cross’ between a large autogyro and a fixed-wing aircraft. ARC claim the Linx P9 has the performance of a fixed- wing utility aircraft with the flexibility of a helicopter and is […]

Dec 20, 2024 · The US company Tier 1 Engineering has announced it has successfully completed an airport-to-airport flight with its all-electric helicopter design. The aircraft, a modified Robinson R44, flew between California’s Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport and Palm Springs International Airport – a distance of about twenty-five miles. The company says the trip is ‘the first helicopter flight […]