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Such hybrid drones can take off and land vertically like multicopters and are energy efficient like fixed-wing planes — but there’s a catch. Since engineers have to design their control systems from scratch, actually producing the hybrid drones can be … Continue reading →

The appeal of 3D printing is strong and growing among manufacturers in all sectors. For those in the aerospace industry, this technology offers a way to quickly and economically produce lighter parts that reduce airplane mass and fuel consumption. Sogeclair … Continue reading →

What happened? A small aircraft, GippsAero GA8 Airvan, took off from Umeå airport in northern Sweden at 1.33pm on Sunday, July 14th. At 2.12pm the air control tower received an accident alert. The plane crashed on the island Storsandskär in … Continue reading →

Shortly after midnight on Thursday, May 30, the phones in the Royal Canadian Air Force Combined Aerospace Operations Centre (CAOC) in 1 Canadian Air Division (1 CAD)/Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters at 17 Wing Winnipeg, Man., started ringing. A massive forest … Continue reading →

PEKIN — Few Americans have seen Earth from space, have been a stunt pilot and have a school named after themselves. Pekin native Scott Altman happens to be able to say he has. From a very young age, Altman wanted … Continue reading →

A five-passenger airplane took flight near Los Angeles recently with one important modification: an electric motor. The nearly 50-year-old plane, retrofitted by California-based startup Ampaire, still used a normal combustion engine to spin a propeller in its nose for the … Continue reading →

Let’s be honest, traveling can be pretty stressful. Although it’s always a lot of fun to go on a vacation and finally get to relax and enjoy some time away from the stress of our normal lives, packing and actually … Continue reading →