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Supersonic Passenger Flight May Be A Reality In the Near Future
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Concorde’s retirement and with it, a lengthy pause on regular, paying airline passengers, albeit...
Garth Calitz
Nov 1, 20236 min read


Kenya Airways Celebrates 5 Years of Non-Stop Flights to New York from Nairobi
Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways, is celebrating five years since becoming the first and only carrier to fly non-stop from its hub...
Garth Calitz
Nov 1, 20232 min read


Cirrus Aircraft Celebrates 500 Vision Jet Deliveries
Cirrus Aircraft revealed the Special Edition Vision Jet (SF50) to commemorate 500 deliveries of the world’s first single-engine personal...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20233 min read


Why Do Flights Often Arrive and Depart at Such Strange Times?
By Rob Russell The short answer is the airport slot is often the primary factor that determines when a flight operates. Slots determine...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20234 min read


Airbus Helicopters Pioneers User-friendly Ways to Fly eVTOLs
Airbus Helicopters' demonstrator FlightLab has successfully tested an electric flight control system in preparation for a new...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20232 min read


ICAO Updated Guidance on Flights Over or Near Conflict Zones
ICAO has released updated guidance today to help aviation regulators and operators manage their airspace in times of conflict, including...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20231 min read


HEAVEN Project World’s First Piloted Flight of Liquid Hydrogen-powered Electric Aircraft
Project HEAVEN, a European-government-supported consortium assembled to demonstrate the feasibility of using liquid, cryogenic hydrogen...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20233 min read


Qatar Airways Selects Starlink for High-Speed Internet Connectivity
Qatar Airways is now the largest airline to collaborate with Starlink and in the future, will roll out a complimentary high-speed,...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20232 min read


Krugersdorp Airfield Breakfast Fly-in
By Andre Venter Krugersdorp Airfield has earned somewhat of a reputation over the years for hosting brilliant events that the weather...
Garth Calitz
Oct 18, 20232 min read


SAA leases Aircraft From Sun Express
South African Airways (SAA) and SunExpress, have entered into a damp lease agreement that will allow SAA to operate a schedule utilising...
Garth Calitz
Oct 18, 20232 min read


Embraer’s Phenom 300E and Praetor 600 Complete 100% SAF Flight Tests
Embraer recently announced it has successfully tested the Phenom 300E and Praetor 600 on 100% neat sustainable aviation fuel. The tests,...
Garth Calitz
Oct 18, 20234 min read


FlyExclusive Named as Launch Customer of the Citation CJ3 Gen2
Textron Aviation revealed that flyExclusive has been named the fleet launch customer for the Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2. The news came...
Garth Calitz
Oct 18, 20233 min read


Successful A330 MRTT Flight Test for F-15 Automatic Refuelling
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and Airbus worked together to successfully complete the automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R)...
Garth Calitz
Oct 18, 20232 min read


Boeing Business Jets Unveils Premium Cabin Selections for VIP Jets
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) customers have a new way to customize cabin interiors for the BBJ 737-7, reducing costs and accelerating the...
Garth Calitz
Oct 18, 20232 min read


Embraer Launches the All-New Phenom 100EX
Embraer yesterday unveiled the Phenom 100EX business jet, the company’s latest evolution from the Phenom 100 series, which has served its...
Garth Calitz
Oct 10, 20232 min read


Major International Airlines Suspend Flights to Israel
Leading international airlines have suspended or reduced flights to Israel’s capital Tel Aviv amid the conflict with Hamas and escalating...
Garth Calitz
Oct 10, 20232 min read


Edgar Schmued the Man responsible for the P-51 Mustang Design
Edgar Schmüd was born in Hornbach, Germany, on 30 December 1899. His father Heinrich Schmüd was an Austrian, so Edgar inherited Austrian...
Garth Calitz
Oct 10, 20234 min read


Cessna Citation Longitude Reaches 100th Delivery
Textron Aviation today announced that it has delivered the 100th flagship Cessna Citation Longitude business jet to a long-time Citation...
Garth Calitz
Oct 10, 20232 min read


Joby Begins Flight Testing with Pilot On Board
Joby Aviation announced it has expanded its flight test program to include flying with a pilot on board the aircraft, a critical step on...
Garth Calitz
Oct 10, 20232 min read


Airbus Starts Construction for New A400M Maintenance Centre
Airbus has officially launched the construction of the new A400M maintenance centre in Wunstorf. The traditional groundbreaking ceremony...
Garth Calitz
Oct 10, 20232 min read


Boeing, Nammo Ramjet 155 Test Sets Distance Record
Boeing and Nammo team set a record for the longest indirect fire test of a ramjet-powered artillery projectile alongside officials from...
Garth Calitz
Oct 10, 20232 min read


West Coast Airshow – Saldanha Airfield
By Rob Russell Photos By Dean Wingrin After a huge build-up, in part due to an impressive advertising campaign, on social media, the last...
Garth Calitz
Oct 3, 20234 min read


The Great Train Race 2023 – Heidelberg Airfield
By Garth Calitz In 1930, a Bentley Sportsman Coupé beat France's Famous Blue Train in a race from Cannes to Calais. This great feat is...
Garth Calitz
Oct 3, 20232 min read


SAA plans to add Abidjan to list of African Destinations
South African Airways recently announced the launch of service Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, its 12th destination on the African continent. ...
Garth Calitz
Oct 3, 20232 min read
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