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The Orion Cub – The Same, But Different
Kevin Hopper along with his son Dean and fellow builder Aidan Cantin watched nervously as test pilot Dale de Klerk gently coaxed the...
Garth Calitz
Sep 13, 20224 min read


The History of Radial Engines
Ever since man first experienced powered flight in 1903 the search has been on for light powerful engines to power flying machines. The...
Garth Calitz
Sep 13, 20227 min read


Pratt & Whitney Delivers 1,000th F135 Engine
Pratt & Whitney celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th F135 production engine for the 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II fighter with...
Garth Calitz
Sep 13, 20223 min read


The Tecnam P2010 Gran Lusso Makes its Début
The Gran Lusso is a super luxury version with refined Italian leather upholstery, carbon fibre insets and an all-new centre FADEC power...
Garth Calitz
Sep 7, 20222 min read


CubCrafters Débuts New Engine For Experimental Carbon Cub Aircraft
First introduced in 2009, the original Carbon Cub had a power-to-weight ratio vastly superior to any previous backcountry aircraft in its...
Garth Calitz
Aug 31, 20223 min read


Successful Meteor Live Firing with Gripen E
Saab recently conducted the first test firing with the advanced Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) on Gripen E with a...
Garth Calitz
Aug 31, 20221 min read


Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace Expand Leadership in Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Technology
Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace, both Raytheon Technologies businesses, today announced the launch of a new hybrid-electric...
Garth Calitz
Aug 31, 20222 min read


Piper Enter the Electric Aircraft Market
Piper Aircraft announced today at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 that it has partnered with CAE to develop a conversion kit via a...
Garth Calitz
Aug 17, 20222 min read


U.S. Air Force and Boeing Celebrates 50 Years of F-15 Innovation
On July 27, 1972, the Boeing F-15 flew for the first time with Chief Test Pilot Irv Burrows at the controls. Fifty years later, the...
Garth Calitz
Aug 17, 20222 min read


Defiant Pilots Talk Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft
Sikorsky pilot Bill Fell and Boeing pilot Ed Henderscheid have a combined 60-plus years of helicopter experience between them and are...
Garth Calitz
Aug 10, 20226 min read
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