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Examined: The Distance Capabilities Of The Beechcraft King Air 360

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When considering the purchase of a short-haul light turboprop aircraft, several important factors include performance, payload capabilities, and passenger capacities. None, however, could be more important than range, as the ability to fly further in a lighter, more affordable, and easy-to-fly airplane cannot be understated.

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Airbus Launches Sentinel 2C Earth Observation Climate Satellite

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The launch was also the final flight of the original Vega rocket, which first flew over a decade ago and carried the previous two Sentinel-2 payloads into space. The third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite has successfully launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guyana.

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K-Mile Asia to operate Thailand’s first Boeing 767-300BCF from October 2024

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The aircraft stretches over 50 meters and is capable of carrying payloads of up to 51.7 Owned by ASL Aviation , K-Mile Asia positions itself as an express cargo airline capable of moving both small and large cargo quickly up to 3,300 nautical miles. The Boeing 767-300BCF is aimed at airlines operating in the general and express cargo markets.

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Elon Musk claims crewless SpaceX mission to Mars in two years, crewed in four

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Musk admitted that the technology to achieve a permanent base on Earth is not there yet with it costing “about a billion dollars per ton of useful payload to the surface of Mars”. That needs to be improved to $100k/ton to build a self-sustaining city there, so the technology needs to be 10,000 times better.

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Airbus's Beluga Super Transporter Flies 2 H175 Helicopters To China

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The aircraft, which was designed to carry oversized cargo that otherwise would be impossible to move by air, has continued to succeed in its mission by delivering larger and heavier payloads.

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Heart Aerospace and Loganair, partner to bring hybrid-electric aviation to the UK 

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This hybrid-electric aircraft, which is still under development, is expected to be able to carry between 25 and 30 passengers on distances of between 400 and 800 kilometers, depending on payload.

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Archer’s Midnight eVTOL aircraft completes first-ever transition flight: video

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In a statement on June 12, 2024, Archer said that Midnight is thought to be among one of the largest eVTOLs to complete transition, which it said is “critical to being able to carry commercially viable passenger payloads”. Only seven months ago Archer announced that Midnight had successfully completed its first flight.

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