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All Nippon Helicopter’s Airbus H160 Maiden Flight
All Nippon Helicopter’s Airbus H160 has performed its first flight test, a 95-minute flight at the Marseille Provence Airport. This...
Garth Calitz
Jan 19, 20212 min read


Bell Certify QuantiFLY - Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring Device
Bell Helicopters recently announced that a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) has been issued for the Installation of QuantiFLY, a new...
Garth Calitz
Jan 19, 20212 min read


Ozires Silva - The Flight of the Impossible
Ozires Silva, engineer and a pioneer in the Brazilian aviation industry as well as the leader of the group of visionaries who created...
Garth Calitz
Jan 19, 20212 min read

How Smartphone Apps Affect Flying
Smartphones have only been on the scene for short while, less than twenty years, yet in that time they have changed the world. ...
Garth Calitz
Jan 5, 20213 min read


The EcoPulse hybrid aircraft demonstrator achieves its first key milestone with success
The EcoPulse™ distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator – which is being developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus with the support...
Garth Calitz
Dec 15, 20203 min read


Leonardo’s vision for training of future military pilots
During the 2020 Military Flight Training Conference – usually held in London, but inevitably online this year – Leonardo’s Aircraft...
Garth Calitz
Dec 15, 20204 min read

Hydrogen fuel cells Potential for Aviation
Hydrogen fuel cells are emerging as a high-potential technology that offers significant energy efficiency and de-carbonisation benefits...
Garth Calitz
Dec 9, 20204 min read


History of the de Havilland Aircraft Company
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, the founder of the de Havilland World Enterprise, one of the first global manufacturing companies, was one of...
Garth Calitz
Dec 1, 202017 min read


Beam and Pipistrel team-up for “Flying on Sunshine” Test
The Beam company the leading producer of infrastructure for the electrification of transport – conducted the world’s first Flying on...
Garth Calitz
Dec 1, 20202 min read


Chinese Fighters, Parallel Development or Blatant Copies
Chinas influence in the world is growing rapidly, especially here in Africa. As China grows economically it was only a matter of time...
Garth Calitz
Nov 24, 20206 min read
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