Pipistrel’s CEO on test flying their biggest aircraft yet Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 19 Feb 25 0 On January 31st, 2025, Pipistrel completed the first hover flight of its hybrid-electric VTOL-capable unmanned aircraft Nuuva V300. The test flight saw the aircraft… Read more
Vertical flies first piloted thrustborne tests in eVTOL news Yves Le Marquand 8 Jan 25 0 Vertical Aerospace has successfully completed a first set of piloted thrustborne flight manoeuvres in its eVTOL aircraft. The milestone means Vertical’s VX4 aircraft has now… Read more
Electra.aero flies NASA Administrator in Goldfinch demonstrator news Yves Le Marquand 9 Dec 24 0 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has taken a flight aboard Electra.aero’s hybrid-electric EL2 Goldfinch ultra short prototype aircraft. The 24-minute flight on Electra’s two-seat fixed-wing aircraft… Read more
Heart Aerospace to conduct first test flight in US next year news Yves Le Marquand 26 Nov 24 0 Swedish hybrid-electric aircraft maker Heart Aerospace is planning to fly its demonstrator aircraft at New York’s Plattsburgh International Airport in 2025. The test flight will… Read more
USAF accepts Merlin’s airworthiness plan for KC-135 testing news Yves Le Marquand 18 Nov 24 0 The United States Air Force (USAF) has accepted Merlin’s airworthiness plan for KC-135 testing using its autonomous technology. The joint USAF and Merlin project will… Read more
BETA flies first production CTOL aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 14 Nov 24 0 BETA Technologies has flown an electric aircraft built on its new production line for the first time. The aircraft, an Alia CTOL, was permitted… Read more
Heart Aerospace unveils full-scale demonstrator aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 12 Sep 24 0 Heart Aerospace has unveiled its first full-scale demonstrator prototype of its ES30 hybrid-electric regional aircraft. Built almost entirely in-house at Heart’s Gothenburg facilities, the 32m… Read more
Vertical completes phase one of piloted testing news Yves Le Marquand 12 Sep 24 0 Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 prototype has completed the first phase of its piloted flight test programme. Test pilots conducted multiple tethered flights and ground runs, across… Read more
Merlin kicks off test campaign with ‘certification-ready’ Cessna news Yves Le Marquand 6 Sep 24 0 Merlin has begun the flight test campaign of its certification-ready Cessna Caravan aircraft equipped with the firm’s Merlin Pilot technology. What does Merlin mean by certification-ready? CEO… Read more
Vertical flies piloted tethered test with new VX4 prototype news Yves Le Marquand 26 Jul 24 0 Vertical Aerospace has flown its first tethered piloted flight in its new VX4 prototype aircraft. The flight test took place after the UK Civil Aviation… Read more
FIA: Boom unveils Overture flight deck news Yves Le Marquand 23 Jul 24 0 Boom Supersonic’s all-new flight deck was the pick among a number of milestones across the supersonic aircraft developer’s Overture airliner and Symphony engine programmes. Announced… Read more
Vertical unveils latest eVTOL prototype news Yves Le Marquand 18 Jul 24 0 Vertical Aerospace has unveiled the latest iteration of its full-scale VX4 prototype aircraft. The new prototype offers a 20% increase in the power to weight… Read more
UK’s first permanent vertiport opens near Snowdonia news Yves Le Marquand 16 Jul 24 0 Now open for drone and eVTOL testing, the UK’s first permanent vertiport has been constructed at Snowdonia Aerospace Centre. Known as a permanent or temporary… Read more
Archer’s Midnight flies first uncrewed transition flight news Yves Le Marquand 12 Jun 24 0 Archer has published visuals of the first full transition flight of its Midnight aircraft which took place on June 8th at its test facilities… Read more
STOL(en) the show? – Electra.aero’s short take off vision Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 16 May 24 0 The majority of hype and investment appears to centre around aircraft that take off vertically on battery power alone. Electra.aero has backed a different horse… Read more