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Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket to begin missions around 2030

Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The giant rocket will also be able to ferry a 44-ton payload to a Mars transfer orbit, he added.

2 mins

Developing 3D Printing Capability For The Defence And Aerospace Sector

BAE Systems and Renishaw have signed an agreement to work together on the development of additive manufacturing capability for the defence and aerospace sector, designed to help improve performance, reduce costs and speed up manufacturing processes on combat aircraft of the future.

1 min

Airports Of The Future: 10 Predictions For The Next Decade: What The Future Of Air Travel Means For Africa

SITA, the leading IT provider for the air transport industry, unveiled 10 bold predictions during December last year about the technology shaping how passengers will move through airports of the future, based on unique insights, driving industry forces and emerging technologies.

6 mins

Airbus teams up with Aston Martin to launch the ACH130 Aston Martin edition helicopter

ACH130 Aston Martin Edition is the first offering from the recently-announced partnership between Aston Martin Lagonda and Airbus Corporate Helicopters

2 mins

SA's Largest airports amongst top tier in Global Punctuality League

Despite considerable upheaval in the local aviation sector in 2019, South Africa’s three largest airports managed to remain in the top tiers of global on-time performance with rankings of second, ninth and tenth in their respective categories.

2 mins

Aviation and Travel in the DRC

Although the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has not fully benefited from its rich resources for various reasons and has a struggling tourist industry, visitors to the country have an abundance of sight-seeing attractions including Virunga National Park, the crown jewel in the country’s tourism industry, home of mountain gorillas, chimpanzees and the magnificent and active Nyiragongo volcano.

2 mins

Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Internationally, memberships are held with the ATAT (Association of French Airline Transporters).

3 mins

Understanding Marine Helicopters

“Why can’t the army Chinooks operate from naval ships?”

7 mins

The Lithium Challenge

Whatever aircraft type you fly and operate, almost certainly it contains, somewhere, one or more batteries.

5 mins

MAD MAX HAS ARRIVED

While it may share a name with the yesteryear cult movie of the same name, this Mad Max is a huge waterbombing helicopter that was deployed to Australia to help fight the devastating bushfires that have engulfed the country since September 2019.

4 mins

Read all stories from Global Aviator

Global Aviator Magazine Description:

• SAA accidents from 1937 - 1987
• Changes in Store for Pilots during 2013
• Batteries can fly - dreamliners cannot
• The value of a good CRM
• Final data from Red Bull Stratos freefall.
• USS Harry S Truman - Multifunctional taskforce in the Arabian sea
• Handover of Botswana Defence Force PC-7 MkII
• Nigel Hopkins - Aerobatics and Airliners do go
• Denel Pilots spread their wings into Africa
• The growing potential of Russian Helicopters in Latin America
• Snake on a plane!
• The anmanned problem
• Airborne Insurance and Aircraft Finance Coporation Student of the year award
• Rolls Royce Trent 1000 visited
• Gulfstream G280 sets 15 new city-pair speed records as part of the reliability demonstration program

And lots more!!