Historic flyover to mark historic walk
As many as 200 aircraft will retrace trail of the first crossing of the Blue Mountains in what organisers say could be among the largest flyovers in Australian history. Scheduled for May 25, the event will be part of the Blue Mountains Crossings Bicentenary 2013-2015 program marking the first recognised European crossing of the mountains
AgustaWestland unveils electric tilt-rotor
AgustaWestland has unveiled the world’s first electric tilt-rotor to demonstrate what the company sees as the future of rotorcraft. The hitherto secret ‘Project Zero’ made its first unmanned tethered flight in June 2011 at AugstaWestland’s Cascina Costa facility in Italy and has since performed several untethered hover flights inside a ‘secured area,’ the company says.
Cessna TTx makes first production flight
Cessna says its TTx single-engine composite aircraft has made a successful first production flight in the US state of Kansas. The company said the aircraft reached an altitude of 17,000 feet and a speed of 213 knots during the flight. Described as the world’s fastest fixed gear, single engine piston aircraft, the TTx has an
Bombardier unveils CSeries single aisle challenger
Bombardier has taken the wraps off its high-stakes challenge to Boeing and Airbus’ dominance of the single aisle market, unveiling its CSeries jet this week and promising a first flight by June. “It’s not a paper airplane, it’s a real airplane,” the Canadian jetmaker’s president, Mike Arcamone, said during a press event at Bombardier headquarters
Cessna rolls out New Citation Sovereign
The initial production version of Cessna’s New Citation Sovereign has rolled off the line as the first of six new aircraft Cessna hopes to bring to market this year. The newest Citation comes with a range of 3,000nm and features improved cabin cooling, Garmin G5000 avionice with auto throttles and a new cabin management system.
Superjet makes emergency landing in Moscow
A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 made an emergency landing in Moscow Thursday after its landing gear failed to retract following takeoff, according to reports. None of the 77 passengers on board the Aeroflot service from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod were injured, but the incident was another black mark for a program struggling to shake off
