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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.
Airbus Researching New Hydrogen Aircraft Tech, Project Name Sounds Like Some Pop-Punk Band
Airbus Researching New Hydrogen Aircraft Tech, Project Name Sounds Like Some Pop-Punk Band

28 May 2024, 10:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / European aerospace giant Airbus announced the Cryoprop demonstrator, meant to demo and test a two megawatt-class superconducting electric propulsion system

 
Airbus Autonomous "Flying Truck" Is Teaching Commercial Aircraft How to Taxi on Their Own
Airbus Autonomous "Flying Truck" Is Teaching Commercial Aircraft How to Taxi on Their Own

23 May 2024, 13:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / European aerospace giant Airbus plans on giving aircraft the means to perform autonomous taxiing in the crowded airports of the future

 
Boeing ecoDemonstrator to Fly All Sorts of New Ideas Meant to Make Aviation More Efficient
Boeing ecoDemonstrator to Fly All Sorts of New Ideas Meant to Make Aviation More Efficient

20 May 2024, 12:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American aerospace company Boeing announced that this year's focus for the ecoDemonstrator program will fall on interiors and airport operations

 
Jeff Bezos Owns Three Private Jets Worth $140 Million and a Hangar to Keep Them In
Jeff Bezos Owns Three Private Jets Worth $140 Million and a Hangar to Keep Them In

20 May 2024, 10:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / New report claims the Amazon founder has built quite an impressive fleet of private jets, which he keeps at a hangar in Seattle, which he bought in 2015

 
President Biden Claps Back at Boeing and Shifty Airlines, Signs FAA Reform Bill
President Biden Claps Back at Boeing and Shifty Airlines, Signs FAA Reform Bill

18 May 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Closer to home, this legislation ensures vital airport services, once strained by a global health crisis, will finally receive a vital boost in funding.

 
Skillful Pilot Makes the Perfect Belly Landing of a Beechcraft Super King Air with No Gear
Skillful Pilot Makes the Perfect Belly Landing of a Beechcraft Super King Air with No Gear

13 May 2024, 08:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A pilot of a Beechcraft Super King Air turboprop managed to bring his plane down in a perfect manner even if the landing gear never extended

 
Archer Unveils Automotive-Style Battery Manufacturing Line for eVTOLs in California
Archer Unveils Automotive-Style Battery Manufacturing Line for eVTOLs in California

13 May 2024, 06:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The California-based Archer Aviation inaugurated a brand-new battery pack manufacturing line at its facility in San Jose

 
Kylie Jenner Turned Her Custom Bombardier Private Jet Into a Tax Write-Off
Kylie Jenner Turned Her Custom Bombardier Private Jet Into a Tax Write-Off

13 May 2024, 02:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Kylie took delivery of her private jet in 2020 at the cost of $72.8 million. She wrote it off as a business expense because it's "essential" in her pursuit of i

 
Bell Turns a 429 Helicopter Into a Testbed for Autonomous Flight Technologies
Bell Turns a 429 Helicopter Into a Testbed for Autonomous Flight Technologies

9 May 2024, 11:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American helicopter maker Bell presents the Aircraft Laboratory for Future Autonomy (ALFA), a 429 transformed into a testbed for autonomous tech

 
Ras Al Khaimah Will Boast an Advanced Vertiport Network in Just Three Years
Ras Al Khaimah Will Boast an Advanced Vertiport Network in Just Three Years

9 May 2024, 06:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / One of the most popular tourist destinations in the UAE is planning to boast a state-of-the-art vertiport network for air taxi operations as soon as 2027

 
Three Different EHang eVTOLs Complete Multiple Autonomous Flights in Abu Dhabi
Three Different EHang eVTOLs Complete Multiple Autonomous Flights in Abu Dhabi

8 May 2024, 06:57 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Chinese EH216-S, EH216-L, and EH216-F demonstrated pilotless flights in Abu Dhabi, the first of their kind in the UAE

 
Newly-launched US Airline Will Operate German-made eVTOL Jets in South Florida
Newly-launched US Airline Will Operate German-made eVTOL Jets in South Florida

7 May 2024, 11:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Get ready for all-electric flights from Miami to Fort Lauderdale following a historic purchase of 20 eVTOL jets made by the German Lilium company

 
Rick Ross Claims Drake Made His Private Jet Crash: "Thank You for the Prayers"
Rick Ross Claims Drake Made His Private Jet Crash: "Thank You for the Prayers"

5 May 2024, 12:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Rick Ross and Drake are feuding and it spills into online reports about their private jets. Ross plays into the rumors, by claiming Drake crashed his Gulfstream

 
Watch the Newest Version of the 'Jetson One' Personal Jet Phenomenon in Action
Watch the Newest Version of the 'Jetson One' Personal Jet Phenomenon in Action

5 May 2024, 10:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The lucky guests at the most recent Jetson event held at the company's facility in Tuscany got the chance to see the newest-generation Jetson One in action

 
Once Thought Extinct, These Four Japanese F1M2 Seaplanes Are Now for Sale
Once Thought Extinct, These Four Japanese F1M2 Seaplanes Are Now for Sale

2 May 2024, 23:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / their day, the F1M was never designed for front-line combat the way most iconic Imperial Japanese warbirds of the time were.

 
Huge FAA Certification Milestone for the Cento Autonomous Cargo eVTOL
Huge FAA Certification Milestone for the Cento Autonomous Cargo eVTOL

2 May 2024, 08:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / MightyFly is officially the only large autonomous cargo eVTOL company in the US to have received this particular FAA certification

 
The Futuristic Doroni H1-X Flying Car Is Here to Reinvent Personal Mobility
The Futuristic Doroni H1-X Flying Car Is Here to Reinvent Personal Mobility

1 May 2024, 11:30 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The American Doroni H1-X breaks the norm with a cool design and state-of-the-art technologies, and is now available for as little as $1,000

 
Low-Cost Aussie Airline Bonza Goes Belly Up Overnight, Leaves Passengers Stranded
Low-Cost Aussie Airline Bonza Goes Belly Up Overnight, Leaves Passengers Stranded

30 Apr 2024, 18:55 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / An official hotline was opened by Australian authorities, tasked with aiding passengers caught up in the biggest airliner crash in recent Australian history.

 
EHang to Set Up Regional Headquarters in Abu Dhabi
EHang to Set Up Regional Headquarters in Abu Dhabi

30 Apr 2024, 11:59 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Chinese eVTOL maker is amplifying its presence in the UAE and Abu Dhabi in particular with plans to set up regional headquarters here soon

 
NASA Shows a Jet Engine Small Enough to Fit on a Kitchen Table
NASA Shows a Jet Engine Small Enough to Fit on a Kitchen Table

30 Apr 2024, 09:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA shares a number of details on the small-scale jet engine test bed it calls DGEN380 Aero-Propulsion Research Turbofan