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Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces 2021-2022 Student Design Competition

11 Aug 2021 07:21 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society today announces that the request for proposal (RFP) for its 39th Annual Student Design Competition (SDC) has been published. The 2021-2022 competition challenges students to design an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that accommodates passengers with a broad spectrum of mobility difficulties or other disabilities for urban air mobility (UAM) missions.

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Electric VTOL Aircraft Directory Reaches 500 Concepts

09 Aug 2021 03:16 PM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, announces today that the development of all-electric and hybrid-electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has continued to gain momentum.

Joby Flies 155 Miles in 77 minutes

27 Jul 2021 08:30 AM
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Longest and farthest flight an eVTOL aircraft to date; largest passenger-carrying capable aircraft conducting eVTOL flights

P&WC’s Hybrid-Electric De Havilland Dash 8-100 Technology Demonstrator Receives Funding

19 Jul 2021 07:31 AM
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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.

Tier 1 Engineering Reveals its Second Battery-Electric Robinson R44 Helicopter

15 Jul 2021 09:09 AM
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For the past five years, Tier 1 Engineering of Santa Ana, California, has been flight-testing and refining an electric-powered version of the Robinson R44 — the world’s best-selling general aviation helicopter for the past 22 years — with nearly 7,500 delivered.

Press Release: 15th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium

14 Jul 2021 12:18 PM
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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.

CAE and Volocopter Partner to Create Global eVTOL Pilot Training Program

08 Jul 2021 08:36 AM
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With a goal to launching its first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft services in a number of cities in the next five years, urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer Volocopter has formed a strategic partnership with global aviation leader CAE to develop, certify and deploy an innovative eVTOL pilot training program.

Turning Point

07 Jul 2021 10:13 AM
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Actor, director and activist Christopher Reeve said in a 1996 speech, “So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”

Commentary: Workforce: Diversity Wins

30 Jun 2021 02:12 PM
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Much has been said and debated about diversity, particularly in the US over the past year. While this is often wrapped up in discussions of discrimination and social justice — very important issues for society to tackle — this commentary is not about that.

Coming to Terms: The Design

29 Jun 2021 08:05 PM
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When someone talks about “The Design,” keep in mind that it’s a reference point… but it’s only the plan.

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News

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces 2021-2022 Student Design Competition

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Electric VTOL Aircraft Directory Reaches 500 Concepts

Joby Flies 155 Miles in 77 minutes

P&WC’s Hybrid-Electric De Havilland Dash 8-100 Technology Demonstrator Receives Funding

Tier 1 Engineering Reveals its Second Battery-Electric Robinson R44 Helicopter

Press Release: 15th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium

CAE and Volocopter Partner to Create Global eVTOL Pilot Training Program

Turning Point

Commentary: Workforce: Diversity Wins

Coming to Terms: The Design

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