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"The mother of all aerospace bubbles?". From the "flying cars" idea to eVOLT reality, watch the video to learn more about eVOLTs. 🛫 🛫🛫 #businessinnovation #sustainablebusinessstrategies #eVOTL #Aviation #lilium #CNBC

The Airbus A320 first took to the skies on February 22, 1987. We tracked a total of 1,038,052 Airbus A320 flights on #Flightradar24 in 2023 (including both CEO and NEO models). Here's a snapshot of all airborne A320s right now, showing the truly global footprint of this game-changing narrowbody. #airbus #a320 #a320neo #aviationdata #aviationindustry

New indexes coming this Friday! And if you cannot wait, take a look at Aviation Week Network's Ben Goldstein's excellent article on the new AAM Reality Index release on this week's AAM Report - https://lnkd.in/g9bkdB9V. #uam #urbanairmobility #aam #advancedairmobility #airtaxi #evtol #estol #ectol #cargo #electricaircraft #aerospace #infrastructure #vertiports #aamrealityindex #airindex

Are you an A330neo fan? ⁠ ⁠ The Airbus A330 has been a huge success and the latest variants have been upgraded with improved aerodynamics and passenger comfort.⁠ ⁠ Airbus launched the #A330neo in 2014, and with lower operating costs, improved aerodynamic technology, and better fuel efficiency, it was anticipated to be as successful as the original versions. The new variants have been re-engined, with both operating with the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engine, and are capable of flying both long and short-haul connections...⁠ (For the most recent, up-to-date aviation news, Google 'Simple Flying.')⁠ ⁠ Video: CHRIS LOH⁠ Edit: L Roberts | Simple Flying⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #Aviation⁠

Airbus and Avincis have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on the development of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The companies will explore opportunities for operating electric vertical take-off and landing (#eVTOL) #aircraft throughout Europe

Interesting development in this article. #futureofmobility #evtol #airtaxi #aircraft #uam #urbanairmobility #electricflight #advancedairmobility #aam #flyingcars #electricaviation

Some things just do not add up? EVTOL industry and the wild Claims!!!! September 3rd "Archer Aviation completed 402 flight tests thus far in 2024 with its Midnight eVTOL air taxi prototype, AIN reported. The company is seeking to gain FAA certification in 2025 and enter into service thereafter so it has ramped up flight testing this year, with the 400+ flight testing milestone four months ahead of schedule." June 12th June 12, 2024 | Archer Completes Midnight’s Transition Flight, Midnight is Archer’s Second Full-Scale eVTOL Aircraft To Achieve This Milestone" Questions: 1. Certification in 2025? . Is that possible? How? 2. What were the 402 flight tests? 3. Still 4 months till end of 2024 why stop? 4. How will they do route proving? 5. Since 12th june, i take it all 402 flights involved transition? Thats a lot of flights with one prototype. Has Anyone got any answers? #EVTOL #UAM #AAM #certification #Flighttesting #wishfulthinking

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Transition is the most crucial flight phase for a winged eVTOL, as it is the time when the aircraft becomes wing borne, that is all its lift comes from the wing. Mastering transition of a full scale product representative large eVTOL is a feat that until today had been accomplished by just three OEMs: Joby Aviation, AutoFlight and BETA TECHNOLOGIES. Today we add two more: - In the US, Archer transitioned Midnight, retiring more program risk at an unexpected pace - In China, 沃飞长空 AEROFUGIA transitioned the AE200, going from first flight to transition in just four months In the world now we have five companies to have achieved this milestone with a full scale aircraft...but still only one (BETA TECHNOLOGIES) to have done it with a pilot onboard. Congratulations to both companies for such a momentous accomplishment. Full video of the 沃飞长空 AEROFUGIA transition: https://bit.ly/4cjlWyy Full video of the Archer transition: https://bit.ly/3xbat5t #aam #uam #evtol #airtaxi #transition

The main purpose of airplane wingtip is to reduce the aerodynamic drag produced by the wing thus improving fuel efficiency. The following wingtip is from an Airbus A330neo. #a330 #cebupacific #airbus