Chris Long investigates the relationship between Germany-based Volocopter and EASA and assesses the start-up's bold plan of providing an air taxi service at the Paris Games.
CAT magazine has been closely monitoring developments in the electric aircraft and electric vertical take off and landing sectors since our coverage of the 2019 FAA-EASA Safety Conference.
At the moment there is a feel of the early days of manned flight. That ‘Wild West’ world of simultaneous start-ups and a multitude of ideas, some of them startling as the search is on for practical solutions to eVTOL aircraft and infrastructures to establish valid UAM systems.
The format for this year’s Asian Aviation and Education Training Symposium (AAETS) was modified, as the title suggests, to adjust to the world of Covid-19 by going virtual.
The promise of low-cost virtual reality training for airline pilots can be alluring. Europe Editor Chris Long spoke with Airbus VR point man Shane Carroll.
Many airlines have a history of a re-birth and making the changes that move to a new reality, and no more so than during the present challenging times. Chris Long examines a re-emerging phoenix.
The astonishing events recounted in the incident involving a post-major servicing ferry flight of an Air Astana Embraer 190 aircraft are worthy of huge admiration. The follow up by Air Astana after the close call is equally impressive. Chris Long reports.