World’s longest-range aircraft, the Airbus A350-1000ULR takes to the skies The A350-1000ULR (MSN 707), the first of 12 aircraft ordered by Qantas has completed its first flight in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, fitted with special flight test instrumentation, flew for three hours 43 minutes reaching an altitude of slightly above 41,000 feet. The aircraft was flown by a dedicated Airbus...Read More
Lufthansa Boeing 787 nose landing gear collapses at Frankfurt Airport The incident occurred as the Dreamliner was being prepared for a flight to Los Angeles. By Joanna Bailey The front landing gear of a Lufthansa Boeing 787 has collapsed while parked at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. Video footage from the airport shows the aircraft parked on a stand when the nose landing...Read More
Anniversary Statement: Air India AI171 Fatal accident in Ahmedabad, Western India on 12 June 2025 12 June marks the first anniversary of the Air India AI171 accident in Ahmedabad, Western India, that claimed the lives of 260 people on the aircraft and on the ground. Our thoughts are with those from all nationalities who have been affected by this accident....Read More
ED-300A | Guidance on conducting an AFHA and PASA for a VTOL using a generic example ED-300A supersedes ED-300 ‘Guidance on Conducting an Aircraft Functional Hazard Assessment and Preliminary Aircraft Safety Assessment for a VTOL Using a Generic Example’ issued in October 2022. A VTOL example is needed to show how aircraft-level Failure Conditions and their associated requirements can be...Read More
Swansea research contributes to world-first hydrogen aero engine breakthrough By UK Aviation News Researchers from Swansea University have played a key role in a landmark aviation achievement after a modern aero engine was successfully operated on 100% hydrogen fuel at full take-off power for the first time. The milestone marks the culmination of a four-year international programme led by Rolls-Royce...Read More
Joby Aviation Is Pushing the Boundaries of Electric Aviation Power-train chief Jon Wagner explains why integration beats invention By Elan Head When JoeBen Bevirt founded the company now known as Joby Aviation in 2009, electric aircraft were on few people’s minds. Tesla’s first electric vehicle, the Roadster, had arrived on the market just one year earlier, and it was not yet evident that EVs would transform the...Read More
GE Hybrid-Electric Evaluation Paves Way For Flight Tests By Guy Norris GE Aerospace is moving toward flight tests of a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine system on a modified Saab 340B testbed following the completion of ground tests of the propulsion system at the company’s facility in Peebles, Ohio. Developed through NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project, the propulsion system is...Read More
Intelligent Energy Joins UK Alliance to Accelerate Hydrogen Flight By Intelligent Energy Limited Intelligent Energy (IE), the UK’s leading hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer, has joined the Hydrogen in Aviation Alliance (HIA), to help the UK to seize its opportunity to be a world leader in hydrogen flight. The alliance brings together companies from across the aviation sector, including Airbus, Bristol...Read More
ACAS X Is Already in the Cockpit. The AI-and-ATC Debate Is Three Years Too Late. Part 1. The FAA approved an AI-augmented collision avoidance system years ago. The current debate over SMART misses what the regulatory architecture already settled. By Vincent E. Bianco III ATC Correspondent, Leeham News & Analysis The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has already approved an artificial-intelligence-augmented...Read More
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