Future Flight - June 2023

In this issue

Future Flight 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.

AMERIFLIGHT RECEIVES FAA EXEMPTION TO OPERATE DRONES

Ameriflight is the United States's largest Part 135 cargo airline. In the 55-years since its 1968 founding, the company has evolved from a small air-charter provider and cargo service into an international operator with 14 bases, 1,500 weekly departures and two-hundred destinations

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LEONARDO JOINS THE SHAREHOLDERS AND BOARD OF FLYINGBASKET, CARGO DRONE STARTUP IN EUROPE

Just a few months after its investment by venture capital fund Cysero, the South Tyrolean startup makes another excellent entry and continues its growth path. A new and important milestone in the growth path of Flying Basket, the South Tyrolean startup has been able to carve out a role for itself as an absolute leader in the high-capacity drone industry in Europe just a few years after its inception

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HEVENDRONES LAUNCHES HYDROGEN-POWERED DRONE FOR COMMERCIAL AND DEFENCE USE

As a leader in the development and commercialisation of actionable drones, launched its first drone for commercial HevenDrones hydrogen-powered use, the H2D55. With five times greater energy efficiency than traditional lithium battery-powered drones, the H2D55 is capable of flying for 100 minutes with a payload capacity of seven kg

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STEADICOPTER AND BIRD AEROSYSTEMS REVEAL NEW CAPABILITY FOR THE BLACK EAGLE 50H

A leader in the Rotary Unmanned Aerial Systems (RUAS) industry, Steadicopter and BIRD Aerosystems, a global provider of innovative defence technology and solutions that protect the air, sea and land fleets of governments and related agencies, have unveiled the BlackEagle 50H, an advanced hybrid unmanned helicopter, featuring a miniature airborne radar with advanced proprietary technology, for use in maritime intelligence missions.

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AURA AERO REVEALS FINAL DESIGN FOR HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT

During a public presentation on 12 May 2023, French startup AURA Aero has revealed the final design of its hybrid-electric aircraft currently under development. The ERA, a 19-seater, 900nm-range aircraft designed for the regional market, was unveiled

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LESSOR ROCKTON TO PURCHASE UP TO 40 ES-30 AIRPLANES FROM HEART AEROSPACE

SeoulSwedish investment and aircraft leasing company Rockton will acquire up to 40 of Heart Aerospace's EA-30 regional electric airplanes, converting an earlier letter of intent with the Swedish airplane maker into firm purchase orders for 20 airplanes with purchase rights for 20 more.

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PIPISTREL VELIS ELECTRO: NOW CERTIFIED IN THE USA

There is so much buzz around the emergence of electric airplanes that it is easy to forget what animates most of the enterprise is press releases. Cutting through this background noise is the innovative Slovenian company, Pipistrel. In 2020, as it promised it would, it announced the first certified electric airplane in the United States, the Velis Electro.

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VOLTAERO CASSIO ELECTRIC-HYBRID AIRCRAFT

Bids are being sought for the construction of an industrial site at Rochefort - Charente-Maritime Airport in France's NouvelleAquitaine region where VoltAero is to perform the assembly and deliveries of its Cassio electrichybrid aircraft family.

3 mins

RESEARCHERS FIND THAT PROPELLERS ARE LOUDER OVER GROUND

For the very first time the effects of the ground on propeller noise have been measured experimentally by researchers in the Aeroacoustics research team at the University of Bristol

2 mins

BLADE AIR MOBILITY SEES GROWTH IN MEDICAL BUT STAGNATION IN PASSENGER SERVICES

Soaring over Westchester County Airport (KHPN) in White Plains, New York, was Beta Technologies' ALIA-250 eVTOL aircraft, part of a flight test between Beta and partner Blade Air Mobility as the latter looks to transition to an air taxi service.

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VERTICAL AEROSPACE RELEASE DATE SLIPS

Vertical Aerospace has pushed its certification timetable back towards the end of 2026 after a confluence of factors began to induce drag on operations

2 mins

HYDROGEN HELICOPTER TO BE DEVELOPED BY PIASECKI AT SIKORSKY FACTORY

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PIAC) will develop its PA-890 hydrogen-powered helicopter at the former Sikorsky factory in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

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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.