https://www.bristell.com › bristell-en…BRISTELL Energic H55 founder André Borschberg and BRM Aero CEO Milan Bristell presenting the full electric Energic in the hall A7 at AERO 2022.

One day before the official opening of the first AERO Friedrichshafen since more than 2 years, several manufacturers featured their new developments on the AERO Media day. Most of the featured items are electric aircraft. The media tour was attended by over 60 Journalist from around the wold. Electric fixed wing aircraft from Flight Design,…

As AERO–the largest general aviation trade show in Europe, and the first and the largest electric aviation trade show in the world–e-Flight-Expo–are going to take place from 27-30 April in Friedrichshafen, Germany, there are many exciting product releases and market development at the show after a two-year postpone due to the pandemic. As the co-founder…

The Norwegian electric aviation startup Elfly is designing an fully electric-powered amphibian flying boat and has received $1.8 million funding from the Research Council of Norway. The hull’s design is currently being tested at SINTEF ’s tow tank in Trondheim. The research that will provide data for the design of the optimal hull is a separate research project supported by Norway’s…

On 4 April 2022 Pipistrel and Lobo Leasing Limited, a global vertical lift leasing platform, signed a letter of intent with deposits for the acquisition of 15 Nuuva V300 autonomous VTOL cargo drone develoiped by Pipistrel. As part of the agreement, Lobo leasing and Pipistrel will collaborate to build and connect a base of operators…

Aviation Safety Resources (ASR) announced the acquisition of Pioneer Aerospace, a specialist of whole airframe emergency parachute recovery systems. ASR plans to rebrand Pioneer Aerospace to ASR-Pioneer. Pioneer Aerospace’s product line includes payload delivery deceleration equipment, recvery systems, and kits to support specialized programs ranging from aviation to space projects. ASR hopes that the new…

A new effort to foster sustainable sevelopment of the UAM ecosystem in Europe called „European Urban Air Mobility Projects & Initiatives Community“ was launched during the Amterdam Drone Week. The newly launched community consolidates the efforts of 18 relevant projects across Europe run by both EU and individual European countries and aims to establish a…

On March 24, 2022 the European Union Aviation Safety Agency published the world’s first guidance for the design of vertiports, the ground infrastructure needed for the safe operation of Urban Air Mobility services such as air taxis in locations across Europe, including in urban areas. The Prototype Technical Design Specifications for Vertiports offers guidance to urban planners…

Elektra Trainer, the latest Aircraft from the German Company Elektra Solar, had the world debut for Media on April 1st in the “Flugwerft Oberschleißheim”  – the aviation department of the Deutsche Museum in Munich which is the leading technical Museum in Germany.  The two-seat electric trainer is designed by the Elektra Solar Founder Calin Gologan.…