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

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The company claims Polaris will offer an 85% reduction in fuel burn on typical sector lengths compared to conventional aircraft, reducing corrosion-related maintenance, and bringing an approximate 20 decibel reduction in take-off noise, all while delivering high payload-range performance without expensive charge infrastructure at outstations.

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How Starlab Space looks to Switzerland for the next generation of space stations  

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This joint venture will also establish a center for payload development in the Swiss city. At the heart of this project is the goal of developing a commercial space station to succeed the International Space Station (ISS) as it approaches the end of its operational life in 2030.

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Slovenia’s Gogetair Chooses Turboprop Power

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Slovenian aircraft manufacturer Gogetair has taken a different approach to the issue of avgas availability worldwide. While there are a number of piston engines capable of operating on more readily available jet fuel, late last year, Gogetair flew its top-of-the-line G750 aircraft with a Turbotech TP-R90 turboprop engine.

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NASA: Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, stunning footage captures ISS undocking

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We filmed the @Boeing Starliner undocking before its final journey to Earth from our 4K camera payload on the International Space Station. On June 6, as Starliner approached the space station, NASA and Boeing identified helium leaks and experienced issues with the spacecraft’s reaction control thrusters.

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Qatar Airways Plans Doha To Bogota Flights (With Caracas Stop)

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The logic for the technical stop is that Bogota is at such a high altitude that an aircraft couldnt fly nonstop to Doha without major payload restrictions. As you can see, Emirates is taking a totally different approach there, for better or worse. Admittedly its a refueling stop that might give some passengers pause.

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ZeroAvia: the hydrogen-power innovator backed by the aviation industry

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Overall, I think we’re taking quite a different approach.” Specifically, ZeroAvia because to my mind, Hydrogen presents a more sound and bankable opportunity for Operators from a payload point of view as batteries are still very heavy and cumbersome for the aircraft,” Siddharth Verma, Managing Director at Mehair, told Aerotime.

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Running On Empty

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It wasnt until I started flying professionally that I needed to balance realistic fuel planning with payload and just a dash of bargain hunting. Obviously, the number one priority when preflight planning is a safe fuel load, but being able to extract a useful payload out of the aircraft is part of why we play the game. gallons.

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