The strike affects about 1,500 Bombardier workers and 700 De Havilland workers at the facility where Bombardier Global series aircraft and De Havilland Dash 8 turboprops are built.
Honda Aircraft Co. debuted its latest edition of the HondaJet, the HondaJet Elite S, with a special camouflage and gray paint scheme at its hangar at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh here.
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) was running buses to evacuate EAA AirVenture Oshkosh campers to shelters the evening of July 28 as high winds, hail and tornadoes threatened the area and the thousands of aircraft on the field.
Textron’s business aircraft and helicopter segments saw revenues grow in the second quarter of 2021 based on increased sales of Cessna Citation jets and Caravan turboprops, Beechcraft King Air turboprops and Bell helicopters.
The company, which is also currently pursuing Part 23 type certification of the S4 eVTOL aircraft as well as production certification of the assembly line which will manufacture it, is targeting air carrier approval in 2022.
Red Tail Flight Academy officials called it a “big day for everyone in aviation” as they took delivery of the first of two Piper Aircraft Pilot 100i trainers for its Tuskegee Airmen-inspired scholarship program during a July 27 ceremony during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Regional air mobility startup Electra is teaming under a NASA contract with researchers at the University of Southern California to mature blown lift technologies for electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
In the days leading up to the world’s largest airshow, a record number of aircraft arrived here for EAA AirVenture 2021 following last year’s cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gulfstream will increase production in the second half of 2021 to make up for preplanned production cuts initiated last year, parent company General Dynamics said July 28.
Customcells will industrialize battery cells for mass production, a key step in Lilium’s plans to scale-up production capacity ahead of the aircraft’s planned commercial launch in 2024.
In a key step towards development of the planned follow-on seven-seater air taxi, Samad Aerospace has completed hover tests of its half-scale e-Starling all-electric prototype aircraft.
Tecnam is focusing on expanding the U.S. market for its Tecnam P92 Echo Mk II two-seat aircraft and the P2010 TDI four-seat aircraft, displaying them both at EAA AirVenture here for the first time this year.
Steady increases in key metrics including departures and spare parts sales have GE executives confident that its aviation services unit is headed in the right direction and original equipment (OE) sales are poised to follow as aircraft production rates increase, company executives said.
Chinese autonomous air vehicle (AAV) startup EHang has begun operations at its newly commissioned production facility in Yunfu, around 100 mi. west of its Guangzhou headquarters.
The California-based electric air taxi developer has marked a key flight test milestone by flying a full-size S4 prototype to its design range of more than 150 mi. on a single charge.
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects ranging from the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide to processing of sewage have been shortlisted for funding under a UK government contest designed to promote alternative fuel production technologies at commercial scale.
The Stratos 716X prototype made its debut at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh this week, after flying from its home base in Redmond, Oregon.
Russian Helicopters secured a launch customer for the Mi-171A3, a new offshore modification of the Mil Mi-171 heavy-transport rotorcraft. The manufacturer unveiled the new version at the ongoing MAKS 2021 airshow, where it signed an agreement with Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for these helicopters.
Backed by XPeng Motors, startup XPeng Huitian has flown the Voyager X2, a two-seat multicopter described as its fifth generation of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Electric vertical-lift aircraft, like helicopters, are likely to become known for their versatility—from medical evacuation to express logistics to passenger transport. Now add another potential role: an electrical generator.
