Public acceptance – Harder than you (might) think

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Nov 23

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Getting the public onside with new aircraft flying in their neighbourhood might be harder than you think.  Whilst attention has quite rightly been focused largely…

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Airborne intelligence: Selling as a service

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Nov 23

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There is a lot of talk about artificial intelligence replacing the human. There are a number of aviation sectors where this transition is welcomed, for…

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Behind the scenes: Electric aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Nov 23

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Do you read all the credits at the end of a film? I know I don’t. But in not doing that you miss the people…

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From Brisbane to the White House

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Nov 23

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When Stralis Aircraft founders got the call last month from former Australian PM and current ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, to visit the White…

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Forza Jetson

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Oct 23

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Back in 1954, a football match between Fiorentina and Pistoiese ground to a halt when UFOs were spotted above the Stadio Artemi Franchi in Florence.…

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A slice of the FAA layer cake

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Oct 23

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Memorising sections of a religious text, if not all of it, is a way for followers to preserve and protect those teachings. A similar code…

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How the US military is teaming up to get advanced aircraft flying

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Oct 23

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When the AFWERX Agility Prime programme was launched in 2020, it was focused on planting the stars and stripes atop the summit of Mount eVTOL…

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If the network breathes, leave

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Oct 23

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We are all familiar with network troubles. On one road you have 5G, a few streets over you can barely load a WhatsApp message. Phone…

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Emerging by emergency

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Yves Le Marquand

28 Sep 23

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In a space full of clean sheet aircraft designs, it can be hard to see clearly past the drawings and 1:10 prototypes. Uncertainties over target…

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Train track to novel plane propulsion

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Yves Le Marquand

20 Sep 23

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Revolutions are about bringing radically different ideas to the table and/or combining them in ways previously unseen.  Compared with today’s passenger aircraft, those in development…

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Supernalism: Hyundai’s AAM theory

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Aug 23

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Access to the automotive supply chain will play a big role in the success of an eVTOL OEM. Frontrunners like Joby and Archer have tapped…

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How do VCs vet early stage startups?

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Aug 23

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This month ZeroAvia announced a breakthrough development when it revealed successful initial tests of an oxygen compressor which forms an “integral part” of its hydrogen-electric propulsion system.…

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Picking the right tools for the job

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Aug 23

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Aircraft design is ruled by the propulsion system on the airframe — you can tell a helicopter, piston or turbine aircraft without seeing it.  So…

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Hydrogen: The grey area of guaranteeing green

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Jul 23

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Hydrogen comes in a rainbow of colours: green, grey, blue, brown, yellow, turquoise, white and even pink.  But only green hydrogen made by using clean…

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Finding the breakeven on batteries

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Jul 23

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If you’ve ever tried to push an electric car you know how heavy they are. Today the best aircraft batteries you can get off the…

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