Paul Brinkmann
Staff Writer at Aerospace America
Journalist for AIAA and Aerospace America on space and #aeronautics news. Florida-based. [email protected]. Tweets are my personal viewpoint only.
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2 weeks ago |
aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann
Company offers more details on last month's first piloted transition For years, Joby Aviation chief test pilot James “Buddy” Denham has remotely flown the company’s S4 electric air taxi prototypes, watching the unoccupied aircraft soar overhead and grow quieter as they made a full transition from vertical takeoff to forward flight, in which lift is provided entirely by the aerodynamic forces on the wings.
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1 month ago |
aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann
Company targeting end of 2026 for certification of conventional-takeoff-and-landing variant SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — The brightly lit manufacturing floor in front of me hummed with the sounds of machinery and worker activity. The focus of all this attention? Various yellow-green-coated aluminum and dark gray carbon fiber composite components that will, once assembled, form three electric aircraft.
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1 month ago |
aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann
Some 1,200 students from 14 countries participated TUCSON, Ariz. — The team from FH Joanneum in Austria won the 29th Design/Build/Fly competition for electric radio-controlled aircraft yesterday, receiving high marks across three flights that included the guided release of a glider.
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1 month ago |
aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann
Research by NASA and industry has led to progress, but it’s not enough If all goes as planned, FAA could issue the first type certificate for an electric air taxi design sometime this year. As big a milestone as that will be, it won’t automatically allow these aircraft to begin ferrying passengers and cargo en masse, perhaps one day autonomously.
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2 months ago |
nw.de | Paul Brinkmann
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RT @AeroAmMag: Despite the loss of its second prototype in three years, AALTO executives remain optimistic that commercial operations with…
I am so hoping to see this fly on another celestial body!
NASA’s #DragonflyMission, which will send a rotorcraft to explore Saturn's moon Titan, has passed its Critical Design Review, meaning its mission plans have been approved and the team can now turn its attention to the construction of the spacecraft itself https://t.co/c93NXZqlZy https://t.co/MptCeUTkl3
I was able to visit the plant where BETA Technologies is building a new generation of electric aircraft... here's the writeup. https://t.co/1buDbwv8aO @aiaa
