Future Flight - September 2022

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Drones
Drone Bootlegging on the increase
South African first for SANBS drone delivery
The fight against poaching in Africa utilising drones
Electric Aviation
Bye Aerospace’s eFlyer 2 makes progress toward FAA approval
Eviation Alice
eVTOL
CEO shows the Air One personal eVTOL for GA Pilots
Joby Aviation expands DOD affiliation
Hydrogen Powered
AeroDelft Phoenix Hydrogen-powered aircraft
Tawazun invests in hydrogen aircraft project
Plus:
Innovation
Can jetpacks replace helicopters to save people’s lives
Space Flight
Russian Space Station
Urban Mobility
United Airlines invests another US$15 million in electric taxi market with Eve
And much more....

ANA GROUP DRONES TO FLY MEDICAL AND DAILY SUPPLIES TO REMOTE REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD

To assist rural communities access basic commodities, ANA is operating a drone delivery service to provide vital infrastructure. Connecting people is ANA Group's mission, no matter what form it takes.

2 mins

DRONE BOOTLEGGING ON THE RISE IN THE US

The notion that a society's essence manifests most purely in its vices and criminals finds compelling expression in Bryant LeRay Henderson, who was arrested and charged with multiple felonies after allegedly flying a drone into a federal prison for purpose of delivering drugs and electronic devices to inmates.

2 mins

SOUTH AFRICAN FIRST FOR SANBS DRONE DELIVERY

A three year-long initiative by the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) came full swing with the issuing of a remote operator's certificate (ROC) by the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), believed to be the first medical delivery drone license in the country.

3 mins

THE FIGHT AGAINST POACHING IN AFRICA UTILISING DRONES

Drones are no longer restricted to military and government-related operations. What was a $4.4 billion industry in 2018 is expected to exceed $60 billion by 2025 as drone technology experiences a boom in innovation and there's a rise in the number of people using them for recreation.

4 mins

BYE AEROSPACE's eFLYER 2 MAKES PROGRESS TOWARD FAA APPROVAL

Bye Aerospace first flew its initial prototype of the eFlyer 2 in April 2018 and since then it has been working through several iterations of the aerodynamic design, powerplant, battery system and other components that will go into the eventual production version of the all-electric, two-seat aircraft.

2 mins

EVIATION ALICE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT

Eviation Aircraft is aiming to complete type certification and service entry for its Alice fixed-wing electrically powered aircraft by 2026. The company intends to certify Alice under the US Federal Aviation Administration's Part 23 rules.

4 mins

HARBOUR AIR COMPLETES 72KM ELECTRIC SEAPLANE FLIGHT

With Harbour Air recently conducting a safe first round trip with its ePlane test aircraft, here are some facts about Harbour Air, the ePlane and the historical moment.

2 mins

CEO SHOWS THE AIR ONE PERSONAL eVTOL FOR GA PILOTS

The CEO and co-founder of Air wants to help create an entirely new form of air transportation for General Aviation pilots. To that end, Air is in the midst of developing Air One, a personal electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft with a base price of $150,000.

3 mins

JOBY AVIATION EXPANDS DOD AFFILIATION

California-based and Toyota-backed Joby Aviation, the builder of Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles, is expanding its existing contract with the US Air Force's Agility Prime programme, an initiative the service launched in 2020 to experiment, test and generally hasten the development of eVTOL for cross commercial and military use.

1 min

AERODELFT STUDENTS BUILD HYDROGEN PLANE

A team of students at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has successfully flown the first prototype of its Phoenix hydrogen-powered aircraft. The AeroDelft student team aims to promote the use of liquid hydrogen as an alternative to conventional aviation fuels by developing two hydrogenpowered aircraft: the remotely piloted Phoenix Prototype and the two-seat Phoenix full scale, which the team revealed with a taxi run during the annual AeroDelft summer event at Breda International Airport in the Netherlands.

3 mins

TAWAZUN INVESTS IN HYDROGEN AIRCRAFT PROJECT

The UAE's Strategic Development Fund (SDF), the investment arm of Tawazun Economic Council has invested into the development of a hydrogen-powered aviation programme.

1 min

CAN JETPACKS REPLACE HELICOPTERS TO SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES?

There was a time when jetpacks were part of science fiction. However, thanks to technological advances, jetpacks, devices with back-mounted engines, and handheld controls, have become a reality.

4 mins

RUSSIA UNVEILS MOCK-UP OF ITS FUTURE SPACE STATION

Russian companies Energia Rocket and Space Corporation are currently developing a draft design of the Russian Orbital Station (ROSS) which is expected to be launched in two stages, the country's space agency said without giving exact dates. The first stage would see a four-module space station start operating in the low earth's orbit. That would later be followed by two additional modules and a service platform.

1 min

AMERICAN AIRLINES TO ACQUIRE BOOM SUPERSONIC JETS

In a move that speaks to the increasing popularity of legalised gambling, American Airlines, the world's largest passenger air-carrier has entered an agreement to purchase up to twenty of Boom Technology's Overture supersonic airliners. The deal, which contains options for an additional forty aircraft, follows United Airlines' 2021 commitment to purchase 15 Overtures of its own.

4 mins

URBAN AIR MOBILITY: A FUTURE ALTERNATIVE TO CURRENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT?

In past decades traffic congestion in cities has commonly been increasing, considerably impacting the quality of urban life both from an environmental perspective and on citizen's mental health. Today's measures set by cities aim to dissuade people from using their cars due to increasing road taxes, parking fees, and congestion, but rarely offer alternative means of transportation.

4 mins

UNITED AIRLINES INVESTS ANOTHER US$15 MILLION IN ELECTRIC FLYING TAXI MARKET WITH EVE

On 8 September United Airlines announced a $15 million investment in Eve Air Mobility and a conditional purchase agreement for 200 four-seat electric aircraft plus 200 options, expecting the first deliveries as early as 2026.

2 mins

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Future Flight Magazine Description:

Since the main publication has become far too large, we have decided to publish a second monthly aviation magazine that will specifically deal with all futuristic flight matters such as Drones, Urban Mobility and eVTOLs, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Electric Aviation, Hydrogen Power, Space Flight developments, Supersonic Flight and many other innovations within aviation.