Category: News
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eDA40 from Diamond Aircraft aims for the sky
After extensive research and numerous flight test hours on electric and hybrid electric platforms, Diamond Aircraft is positioned to offer an all-electric solution to the General Aviation market – the eDA40. Diamond Aircraft partners with the battery technology compan Electric Power Systems, integrating the EPiC Ecosystem into the eDA40, a derivative of the existing and…
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Airbus: Next generation of CityAirbus revealed
Airbus has announced plans for a new CityAirbus at the Company’s first #AirbusSummit on “Pioneering Sustainable Aerospace” as the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market begins to firm up. Ushering in the next generation of CityAirbus, the fully electric vehicle is equipped with fixed wings, a V-shaped tail, and eight electrically powered propellers as part…
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Rolls-Royce’s all-electric aircraft completes first flight
Watch “Spirit of Innovation” take off for it’s first flight. The first flight for Rolls-Royce all-electric plane ‘Spirit of Innovation’ flown at Boscombe Down on Wednesday 15th of September 2021. A key milestone in the ACCEL project for the team as they gear up to the world record attempt later this year. The plane took…
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KLM Flight Acadamy to use 14 all electric eFlyers from Bye Aerospace
After Reykjavik Flight Academy announced to get three eFlyers from Bye Aerospace a couple of months ago, KLM Flight Academy made news yesterday by announcing that they completed purchase deposits for six all-electric eFlyer 2 and eight all-electric eFlyer 4 airplanes. The eFlyer family of aircraft aims to be the first FAA-certified, practical, all-electric airplanes…
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Airbus: U.S.-completed commercial aircraft deliveries come with Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Airbus will start delivering all aircraft from its U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on board later this year. The initiative is a further step toward fulfilling Airbus’ commitment to carbon-neutral growth in the aviation sector. Airbus has reached an agreement with Signature Flight Support to supply SAF to its…
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ZeroAvia receives Dornier 228 aircraft for their hydrogen powered electric 19 seater
ZeroAvia Inc, the company developing hydrogen powered electrical solutions has received one of two recently announced purchase of Dornier 228 aircrafts. The team behind ZeroAvia aims to utilize the 19 seater commuter aircraft for developing their hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. The Dornier 228-200 airframe comes with two turboprop engines which will be replaced with two…
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Wright Electric unveil their new 2MW motor
The company Wright Electric has started testing their new 2MW electrical motor. The motor design has a power range from 500kW to 4MW, allowing to use the right motor size for various applications. For use in their planned Wright 1 aircraft, 10 2MW motors will be used in total, delivering around 20MW of power. That…
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Climeworks launches the largest CO2-scrubbing plant ever built
The swiss Company Climeworks launched the largest direct air capture (DAC) plant ever built. Orca, previously featured in our carbon capture series her on NetZero.aero, is able to scrub 4000 tons of CO2 per year. On September 8th 2021, Climeworks opened the Orca plant on Iceland at Hellisheidi for production. The plant uses renewable power…
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Reykjavik Flight Academy will use eFlyer from Bye Aerospace
Reykjavik Flight Academy has entered into an agreement for the purchase of three all-electric eFlyer training aircraft. With the purchase, the school breaks new ground in the history of flight instruction in Iceland, where for the first time students will be offered instruction on aircraft that run on electricity only. The introduction of the Bye…
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Lilium partners with Azul
The german electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup Lilium announced the intent to enter into a commercial deal and strategic alliance with the leading brasil airline Azul. The deal would include the purchase of up to 220 aircraft from Lilium for an aggregate value of 1 billion USD. The start of the brazil eVTOL…