Global Aviator
Embraer successfully concludes aerial refuelling qualification between two KC-390 Millennium aircraft
The twin-turbo fan powered KC-390 can be refuelled in flight and can be used for in-flight or on-ground refuelling of other aircraft.
1 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
Airbus Retires The World's First Beluga
The first-ever Airbus Beluga transport aircraft has left Broughton for the last time. Beluga number one departed the Airbus factory in North Wales just after 15:00 BST, on its way to Hamburg for storage.
1 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
Airbus Takes Off With Private Network From Ericsson
The partnership between Ericsson and international pioneer Airbus opens the door for the digitalisation of aerospace factories.
1 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
Airbus A321 Freighter – Synergy Between Costs And Convenience
Probably one of the longest ongoing rivalries in the aviation market is between two aircraft manufacturing giants Airbus and Boeing. For years the companies had been head to head, trying to outsmart the other and take over the lucrative market.
2 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
Moscow – A City Of Beauty, Intrigue, Past Fears And History
Moscow stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population greater than that of South Africa as a whole it is among the world's largest cities. The northernmost and coldest megacity in the world, and with a history that dates over eight centuries, Moscow has been ruled by those who revelled in cruelty, oppression, and fear. From Ivan the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Grand Duchess Catherine the Great and her obsession with the mystic Rasputin, Peter the Great and Tzar Nicholas II, last of the tzars and who, with his entire family was executed by the Bolcheviks.
10 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
Pilatus Delivers 1800th PC-12
After leading the turbine-powered business aircraft market in 2020, Pilatus passes another fleet milestone with the delivery of the 1800th example of the versatile single-engine turboprop. At 82 deliveries, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s 2020 Year-End Aircraft Shipment Report, the Pilatus PC-12 was the most popular model of all turbine-powered business aircraft.
2 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
Unmanned Helicopter Crashes Into Navy Ship
An unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter crashed into the side of USS Charleston shortly after taking off from the ship on 26 April.
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June 2021
Global Aviator
Flight Control Technology Set To Dive Underwater For Marine Mobility
BAE Systems is taking decades of flight control expertise underwater onboard the UK’s next generation submarine, Dreadnought. This innovative approach involves adapting controls that are usually used in fly-by-wire aircraft and applying them in a marine environment.
1 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
Bye Aerospace Unveils 8-Seat All-Electric eFlyer 800
Bye Aerospace has announced an eight-seat all-electric twin turbo-prop class airplane, the eFlyer 800™, in response to growing demands for regional all-electric airplanes with significantly reduced operating costs, plus increased capacity and utility.
2 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
Cargo Emergency
How Chapman Freeborn has transported PPE across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic
2 min |
June 2021
Global Aviator
The Magical Place
As a young boy our holiday destinations were fairly limited owing to a war that was raging and of course because Dad spent lots of time away from home fighting. Growing up on the farm meant that I had plenty of space to roam and discover and then of course, the concept of bigger territory by being a small kid.
3 min |
May 2021
Global Aviator
Aircraft On The Edge Of Safety
Over the last couple of years there have been a number of accidents that have cost hundred of lives but are there aircraft that are inherently unsafe? Aircraft have been involved in accidents since the time of the Wright brothers. As from this month we will be taking a look at some of the aircraft types that are regarded as unsafe.
4 min |
May 2021
Global Aviator
Rolls-Royce: Reaches New Milestone As World's Largest Aero-Engine Build Starts
Rolls-Royce has officially started building the world’s largest aero-engine, UltraFan®, which will help redefine sustainable air travel for decades to come.
3 min |
May 2021
Global Aviator
Italian Navy Maristaeli Luni5° Gruppo Elicotteri
The 5th Helicopter Group was the first operational group at the La Spezia naval base, established on 1 November 1969, together with technical and logistical support for the helicopters.
10 min |
May 2021
Global Aviator
How To Be Eco-Friendly In The Aviation Industry!
Each year airlines begin new sustainability initiatives, experiment with biofuels, and offset their carbon emissions on selected flights; yet, sustainability should not only be a topic of discussion when an aircraft is in the air but also when it’s on the ground.
2 min |
May 2021
Global Aviator
Contrails And Climate Change
Five years ago I wrote an article in this magazine saying that science was starting to suggest that contrails, which we’re all used to seeing in clear skies anywhere in the world, are a significant player in climate change.
5 min |
May 2021
Global Aviator
IAI Concludes Independence Day Flyover
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), concluded its first Israel Independence Day flyover in 33 years. As part of the flyover IAI flew two Gulfstream 280 business jets as well as the Boeing 777-300ER “Big Twin” passenger-to-cargo conversion prototype aircraft.
1 min |
May 2021
Global Aviator
Space Planes: The Return Of The Reusable Spacecraft?
A spaceplane is a vehicle that can fly/ glide like an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere and manoeuvre like a spacecraft in outer space.
3 min |
May 2021
Global Aviator
Russia's State-of-the-art Armaments
JSC Rosoboronexport demonstrated newly-designed products of Russia’s defence industry and some military equipment that is most in demand on the world arms market.
3 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
Russia is developing the world's first ATGM capable of shooting down UAVs
KBP Instrument Design Bureau (part of the High Precision Weapons holding company of Rostec) has started developing the world's first multi-purpose antitank guided missile system (ATGM), which can effectively shoot down drones, announced Industrial Director of the Rostec State Corporation, Bekkhan Ozdoev.
1 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
Rare white-out training at home
With a changing global climate, the winters in The Netherlands have also become more moderate with hardly any freezing days and associated winter circumstances.
1 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
Kotroni, center of the Hellenic Naval Rotary Force
Not far from Athens you can find the main helicopter base of the Greek navy, Kotroni, situated at a hilltop with distance views to Aegean sea and in close vicinity to some historical greek gods temples you can see daily flight activity of the navy rotors.
7 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
IT'S RAINING AIRCRAFT PARTS
Boeing’s problems with its aircraft is continuing with not one but two planes losing metal parts in the space of just a couple of days.
3 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
BELGIAN AIR FORCE
Two new rescue divers for the 40th Squadron
2 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
Airbus And Air Methods Sign Additional HCare Support Contract For Fleet Of 80 EC135s
The new contract will extend the number of Air Methods helicopters covered by HCare to 111 to become the largest civil Airbus-covered fleet worldwide.
2 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
Aviator Expands Market Presence With SAS Startups In Norway
Following a previously secured agreement with Scandinavian Airlines in late July 2020, Aviator Airport Alliance AB successfully launched the start-up of ground handling operations for the airline across multiple airports in Norway.
4 min |
March 2021
Global Aviator
HAL Hands Over ALHs To The Indian Navy And Indian Coast Guard
During early February HAL handed over three Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk III) to the Indian Navy and two ALHs to Indian Coast Guard as part of its 16 ALHs contract at the ongoing Aero India 2021.
1 min |
March 2021
Popular Mechanics South Africa
Sky's The Limit
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be a pilot? To take to the skies and soar above places you’ve never visited before?
2 min |
Popular Mechanics March/April 2021
Popular Mechanics South Africa
The B-52 Is America's Longest-Serving Plane – And The Most Badass
Like many of America’s legendary aircraft, the B-52 was built to offset the Soviet threat that characterised the Cold War. The US needed a bomber to reach far-flung Soviet targets, defeat their air defences, and carry a massive atomic payload.
4 min |
Popular Mechanics March/April 2021
Global Aviator
Volocopter launches campaign to bring electric air taxi services to U.S. cities
Volocopter, the German air taxi start-up and “Pioneer of Urban Air Mobility (UAM),” announced in early January this year that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had positively accepted their application for concurrent Type Certificate validation on 22 December 2020.
3 min |