ATP Flight School and Breeze Airways Announce Breeze Embark Program
ATP Flight School has formed a hiring partnership with Breeze Airways, providing ATP graduates with a streamlined pathway to a First Officer position with the airline.
Certified Aviation Earns FAA Diamond Award of Excellence 6 Years in a Row
CAS Components was awarded the 2021 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) AMT Diamond Award of Excellence for the sixth consecutive time
HyPoint Cuts Ribbon at Discovery Park in Bid to Advance Zero-Emission Hydrogen Aviation in the UK and Abroad
Post Views: 97 HyPoint, the company developing zero carbon-emission turbo air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell systems for aviation and urban air mobility, today opened the doors to its new Discovery Park location in Sandwich aimed at accelerating hydrogen innovation in the UK. The new flagship location, roughly two hours southeast of London, will house the company’s…
This solar-powered British drone will surveil from the stratosphere
Post Views: 141 PHASA-35 stands for “Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft.” The number 35 is its wingspan in meters: that’s 115 feet, as wide as those of a Boeing 737. But the carbon fiber aircraft weighs a mere 330 pounds, which is one three-thousandth the weight of the 737. The drone is a high-altitude long-endurance…
Watch a C-130 cargo plane grab a drone out of the sky
Post Views: 124 In the sky above the desert, a drone mated with a C-130, a cargo plane that was acting as an airborne aircraft carrier. Once its landing hook attached to the C-130’s recovery latch, the drone’s wing rotated 90 degrees, becoming flush with its body, so that it could fit within the cargo…
Inspired by a seed, this rotating drone will make your head spin
Post Views: 126 Created by a team at the Singapore University of Technology & Design, this new seed-inspired one-wing drone is named F-SAM. It is a type of monocopter, or a helicopter with only one rotating blade. Engineers first developed a monocopter in 1913, with testing in 1915, but a problem arises in trying to…
Poland’s new anti-aircraft system will hit stealth targets at supersonic speeds
Post Views: 181 “Flying at supersonic speeds, CAMM missiles can destroy modern air threats including stealth aircraft and high-speed missiles,” declared the British government, in a release. “Each CAMM family missile is equipped with an advanced active radar seeker that can see even the smallest, fastest and stealthiest targets through the worst weather and the…
The 100 greatest innovations of 2021
Post Views: 150 Across all our 10 categories, gains in efficiency showcased our collective drive to optimize our world. A new hair-washing system creates a luxurious lather with less water, a spin on steelmaking spits out a mere fraction of the carbon, a clever AI plans airline routes for maximum efficiency, and a simple riff…
This new Air Force helmet won’t be such a pain in the neck for pilots
Post Views: 153 Pilots of fixed-wing Air Force aircraft have been wearing the same helmet for nearly 40 years, but that could soon change with a new brain bucket that’s lighter, more comfortable, more adaptable and better ventilated than its predecessor, the HGU-55/P. “It’s been 40 years since we’ve had the 55/P, so there’s been…
The most high-flying aerospace innovations of 2021
Post Views: 147 Augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and autonomy are just some of the technologies that elevated our air and space game in 2021. AI algorithms are helping route aircraft in more efficient ways, virtual enemies are training pilots mid-flight, and autonomous wingmen are scouting the skies ahead. Meanwhile, up in space, a NASA probe…
