Volocopter receives ATO approval for pilot training
Urban air mobility (UAM) specialist company Volocopter is given Approved Training Organisation (ATO) status in order to commence training pilots to fly its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxis. The approval came from the German aviation regulator (Luftfarhrtbundesamt) after a year of rigorous checks and the company says it is currently finalising the training programme for pilots to fly its VoloCity eVTOL,...
AERO Friedrichshafen 30th anniversary event to promote sustainable aviation
The annual AERO event, held each year at Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and one of the key topics for 2024 will be sustainable aviation. Europe’s largest General Aviation event will be focussing on sustainable aviation fuels, new propulsion systems, new energy sources and new aerodynamic concepts. On the Saturday of the show (20 April 2024), an airshow will also take place featuring,...
Beyond Aero achieve first hydrogen electric flight
Beyond Aero has completed manned flights in a hydrogen-electric aircraft using a fuel cell. The test flights, which were flown from Gap-Tallard airfield in Southern France, are the first manned hydrogen flights to be conducted in the country. The aircraft a G1 Aviation two-seater ultralight aircraft retrofitted with Beyond Aero’s hydrogen-electric powertrain. The hydrogen powertrain drives a single propeller with two-thirds of its...
Eurocontrol launches contrails database
Eurocontrol, in collaboration with Airbus and Thales, announces that it is establishing ContrailNet, a new network of European research experts to create a common repository of contrail observation data to advance the aviation sector’s efforts to reduce the climate impact of non-CO2 aviation emissions, in particular contrails and nitrogen oxides (NOx). The aim is to make the common repository of data available to existing and future...
VoltAero performs world first electric-hybrid aircraft flight using 100% SAF
French startup VoltAero has confirmed the successful first flight of its Casso S test aircraft, powered by a hybrid electric/fuel powerplant. Conducted from the company’s devopment facility at Royan, France, the Cassio S combustion engine used a 100% sustainable fuel provided by TotalEnergies, named Excellium Racing 100, which is made from bioethanol produced from waste that originates in French vineyards. “Based on initial...
