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Aviation

Having been born at about the same time as automobiles, machines that can take to the sky through whatever means have quickly grown into pillars of the society we now know. From drones to supersonic passenger jets and VTOLs, you can experience this magnificent world here, in autoevolution's Aviation section.
The DisruptiveLab Flying Laboratory Nails Its First Green Flight
The DisruptiveLab Flying Laboratory Nails Its First Green Flight

16 Jan 2023, 04:13 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Airbus will test breakthrough technology for cutting CO2 emissions with the help of a new flying laboratory that has already nailed its first flight

 
Air Taxi Developer Joby Gets Former JSOC Commander On Board
Air Taxi Developer Joby Gets Former JSOC Commander On Board

13 Jan 2023, 06:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Former Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command Scott Howell is the newest member of Joby's Advisory Board, gearing up to enter service soon

 
Unique Cargo VTOL Moves to Byron Airport in California
Unique Cargo VTOL Moves to Byron Airport in California

13 Jan 2023, 03:53 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Elroy Air has moved its testing facility to the Byron Airport in order to advance testing of its impressive VTOL with a unique cargo pod

 
Cargo Will Soon Fly in Autonomous Aircraft and a Rulebook Is in the Works
Cargo Will Soon Fly in Autonomous Aircraft and a Rulebook Is in the Works

12 Jan 2023, 16:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Northrop Grumman joins NASA's Air Traffic Management-eXploration project and will focus on autonomous cargo planes

 
Airbus DragonFly Is Jetliner Tech Inspired by Insects
Airbus DragonFly Is Jetliner Tech Inspired by Insects

12 Jan 2023, 15:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airbus' offshoot UpNext is testing a suite of assistance technologies called DragonFly that should help safer aircraft operation in the air and on the ground

 
Finnish Airport Company Is Moving From Carbon Neutrality to Zero-Emission Operations
Finnish Airport Company Is Moving From Carbon Neutrality to Zero-Emission Operations

12 Jan 2023, 06:18 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This airport company in Finland is leading the way when it comes to eco-friendly strategies, boasting the ambitious goal of no emissions at all

 
This Autonomous Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Is Gearing Up for Green Humanitarian Missions
This Autonomous Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Is Gearing Up for Green Humanitarian Missions

11 Jan 2023, 05:48 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Textron's fresh acquisition, Pipistrel, is developing a hybrid-electric autonomous aircraft that's more than suitable for humanitarian operations

 
Over 750 eVTOL Concepts Have Been Registered to This Day Worldwide
Over 750 eVTOL Concepts Have Been Registered to This Day Worldwide

11 Jan 2023, 03:40 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The latest updates from the Vertical Flight Society in the U.S. confirm that the eVTOL industry is booming and ready to take over

 
World’s Largest Single-Span Aircraft Maintenance Hangar to Be Built in China
World’s Largest Single-Span Aircraft Maintenance Hangar to Be Built in China

10 Jan 2023, 04:26 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / China has the potential to become an incredible aviation and air travel market, and this new mammoth project confirms it

 
Emirates Unveils the First Completed Aircraft in Its Massive Retrofitting Project
Emirates Unveils the First Completed Aircraft in Its Massive Retrofitting Project

9 Jan 2023, 06:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Emirates Airlines set off on a multi-billion-dollar journey to retrofit 120 aircraft, and do it all at its facilities in Dubai, with in-house engineers

 
World’s Biggest Air Taxi Event Coming to California This Year
World’s Biggest Air Taxi Event Coming to California This Year

9 Jan 2023, 04:59 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Want to check out the latest developments related to flying taxis? The biggest international eVTOL event is coming to California

 
Fly With Delta and You Won't Have To Pay for Fast Internet Starting February 2023
Fly With Delta and You Won't Have To Pay for Fast Internet Starting February 2023

7 Jan 2023, 17:59 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Unlike other U.S. airlines, Delta did not partner up with Starlink. Instead, another company will make sure Delta’s passengers remain online

 
Swiss Helicopters Is Now the First Airline in Switzerland to Offer CO2-Neutral Flights
Swiss Helicopters Is Now the First Airline in Switzerland to Offer CO2-Neutral Flights

6 Jan 2023, 07:17 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This Swiss helicopter operator is using not just one, but two ways to provide clean passenger flights, an approach that could inspire others

 
ASKA Unveils Fully-Functional Prototype of Its Flying Car at CES 2023
ASKA Unveils Fully-Functional Prototype of Its Flying Car at CES 2023

5 Jan 2023, 05:32 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / ASKA took the veil off its full-scale flying car prototype. Called ASKA A5, the four seater vehicle was designed to operate both on land and in the air

 
It’s Official: Stellantis Will Manufacture the Midnight Flying Taxi
It’s Official: Stellantis Will Manufacture the Midnight Flying Taxi

5 Jan 2023, 03:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A one-of-a-kind partnership in the industry confirms that flying taxis in the U.S. are coming soon, and are here to stay

 
Microsoft Helps Hyundai’s Supernal Advance Its Flying Taxi Design
Microsoft Helps Hyundai’s Supernal Advance Its Flying Taxi Design

4 Jan 2023, 03:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Hyndai plans to launch its own flying taxi by the end of this decade, and will be building and testing it using the latest AI technology from Microsoft

 
Iconic Soviet Airliner Celebrates 60 Years Since Its Maiden Flight
Iconic Soviet Airliner Celebrates 60 Years Since Its Maiden Flight

3 Jan 2023, 04:16 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / More than half a century ago, the largest jet airliner in the world, sporting four tail-mounted engines, was taking off from Russia.

 
Pioneering Female Pilot Joins the Jetson Team
Pioneering Female Pilot Joins the Jetson Team

3 Jan 2023, 02:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The insanely-popular Jetson One personal electric jet is ready for intensive flight tests this year, and Lexie Janson will be taking a leading role in that

 
Elon Musk's Private Jet Emitted 146 Times More CO2 Than the Average American in 2022
Elon Musk's Private Jet Emitted 146 Times More CO2 Than the Average American in 2022

2 Jan 2023, 16:25 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Tesla’s, Twitter’s, and SpaceX’s CEO traveled a lot last year, but most of his journeys weren’t done with an EV. Elon Musk chose his costly private jet

 
The RYSE RECON Will Be the First Ever eVTOL To Fly at CES
The RYSE RECON Will Be the First Ever eVTOL To Fly at CES

2 Jan 2023, 14:31 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / The RYSE RECON eVTOL is designed as an aerial ATV meant to be operated by virtually anyone of age, with no pilot's license. You can go see it at CES 2023