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Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) unveiled a subscale model of a conceptual two-seat electric basic trainer at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2021 held on Oct. 19–23.
San Francisco, California-based electric aircraft developer, Airflow, was founded in 2019 by five former Airbus Vahana team members.
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While it may not have been readily apparent to some, there was in fact a strong presence from the vertical flight and electric aviation community at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, organized by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) on July 26–Aug. 1.
A number of companies have continued to advance their eSTOL and eCTOL designs.
Pratt & Whitney Canada and De Havilland Canada are collaborating in the development of a hybrid-electric propulsion system for regional aircraft that will represent the next step-change in efficiency for aircraft engines.
Nearly 60 of the world’s leading electric aircraft developers and technology experts will be speaking at the CAFE Foundation’s 15th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), held online next week on July 20-22, 2021. Registration information and details are available at www.vtol.org/eas.
In early June, Electra.aero and Airflow.aero announced major news for their electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) designs. Airflow, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, announced that it will supply 50 eSTOL aircraft (shown) to Anchorage-based regional airline, Ravn Alaska.
At the VFS eVTOL Symposium in January, San Francisco, California-based Airflow announced that it was beginning development of “one of the first full-scale piloted technology demonstrators of an eSTOL aircraft.” For the last year, Airflow has been utilizing a sub-scale model for test flights that have helped develop its eSTOL flight control technology.
A year after the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft industry saw its first start-up valued at more than $1B (see “The First Electric VTOL Unicorn: Joby Aviation,” Vertiflite, March/April 2020), a growing number of companies across the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry are looking to merge with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) that is already publicly traded to raise the funds necessary to bankroll future growth.
