Icelandair Conducts First Flight Test With Passengers in a Fully-Electric Training Plane
The President of Iceland and the Prime Minister were the first passengers to fly in Pipistrel’s electric airplane during a test flight in Iceland. (Photo: Icelandair) On August 24, Icelandair...
How to conduct your work as a drone pilot…and not get arrested (or upset people)
The following guest post about operating drones amidst an audience of people who don’t want that drone flying overhead, as well as handling encounters with police, was written by Aaron Parnell,...
Boeing Tests Digital Taxi Time and Clearance EFB Capabilities on ecoDemonstrator
Boeing’s 2022 777-200 ecoDemonstrator program is testing out two new digital capabilities—Taxi Time Information and Taxi Clearance—which are designed to help airlines reduce turnaround times on...
FAA UTM Field Test project launches in New York, with big plans for spring 2023
There’s a big-time drone traffic management project happening in New York right now. Last month, the New York UAS Test Site became the site of a UTM Field Test project, which will be a key driver...
Jaunt and MintAir Partner to Launch eVTOL Operations in South Korea
eVTOL developer Jaunt Air Mobility gained a new strategic partner this week—MintAir, an advanced air mobility services startup. MintAir expects to purchase up to 40 eVTOL aircraft from Jaunt, and...
ASTM International Publishes New Standard for Designing Vertiports and Vertistops
The standards development organization ASTM International recently published a new standard that provides guidance to states and municipalities for the design and development of vertiports. The...
