Deutsche Aircraft is designing the D328eco to be environmentally friendly. Despite a fuselage stretch and nine additional seats, the aircraft will be lighter than the Dornier 328 upon which it is based. Significant attention is being paid to upgrading materials,…
Graham Webb is P&W Chief Sustainability Officer and has a great overview of the company’s projects pertaining to improving aviation sustainability. We spent some time with him to better understand how P&W is doing with its hybrid power solutions. Arguably…
News out this morning is that Textron is buying Slovenian aircraft maker Pipistrel. Fresh from certifying the SkyCourier, Textron is acquiring an OEM with an interesting history and an even more interesting future . Textron already has some storied names…
The aviation world is about to dramatically change, moving from conventional power toward electrification . It is a process that has been percolating for several years. The major auto manufacturers have joined Tesla and we will soon have a panoply…
A number of news outlets indicate that Airbus is considering a new narrow-body aircraft to replace the A320neo in the 2035 timeframe and that the new aircraft could be a hybrid. That would represent a marked shift in technology away…