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Tropic Island Airways signs LOI with Tidal Flight for Polaris hybrid seaplanes

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According to the company, Polaris is a modern, clean-sheet, hybrid-electric seaplane that can carry 9 to 12 passengers with baggage and is capable of landing on both waterways and runways. Tidal Flight Seaplanes present the opportunity to provide direct, low-infrastructure access to city centers, remote communities, and coastal destinations.

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Why are leading aerostructures suppliers flocking to the eVTOL industry?  

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The likes of Joby Aviation, Archer Aviation, BETA Technologies, Lilium, Volocopter and Vertical Aerospace, are edging increasingly closer to certification and (provided they manage to secure a long-enough financial runway) entry into service. First production Lilium Jet airframe. appeared first on AeroTime.

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Behind the scenes at Lilium, the eVTOL firm aiming to change regional air travel 

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One of those early pioneers is Lilium, a Germany-based startup, which, almost a decade after it was founded in 2015, is approaching the last key stages before launching its electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. However, some of these ventures appear to be ahead of the pack.

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North to the Valley

Gary's Flight Journal

We launched for AVP around 9am VFR, picking up flight following with Dover approach. As we s as approached Allentown I gave some thought to opening up the IFR plan but held off. Allentown handed me off to Wilkes-Barre and they advised to expect visual runway two-two. I was cleared to land runway two-two, enter left down wind.

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Energy considerations in aviation: How realistic are alternative energy forms?

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His innovative approach integrates infrastructure and movement processes into holistic CO2 and energy comparisons. How much stronger would gears have to be, and how much longer would runways have to be if a plane would not reduce a large amount of its takeoff weight during the flight? Differently.

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Aurora moves forward in program to develop high-speed vertical lift X-Plane

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This progress comes after completing a conceptual design review for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT). The high-speed vertical lift X-plane concept developed by Aurora Flight Sciences has reached the preliminary design phase.

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Bombardier demo flight operations

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Sislians deep operational expertise and hands-on approach to leadership have been pivotal in shaping Bombardiers flight operations. Customer-centric approach A key focus of Bombardiers flight operations is its dedication to customer satisfaction. And I also stay close to our suppliers.

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