It’s at nearly gross weight before the pilot steps in and can only fly for 15 minutes, but that’s not the point. Sikorsky Innovations sees the Firefly as a testbed for the technologies that may make for a real electric helicopter.

New direct flights to Melbourne and Cairns taking off – plus more Jetstar domestic services to Wellington. All in a days work for the budget airline flying in New Zealand.

Jetstar has announced a permanent addition to its flying schedule between Wellington and Auckland, making Jetstar’s trademark low fares available 24 times per week starting from 31 October 2010.

If you have been trying to load the CAA’s website this week you’d either been served an error message or have a “Not found” error or a “Connection error.”

Legendary Boeing aeronautical engineer Joe Sutter, credited with leading the development of the iconic 747 jetliner, won the inaugural Flightglobal Lifetime Achievement Award.

Canada’s student pilots prove their mettle in the CT-156 Harvard II. This agile turboprop trainer is the aircraft of choice for the early stages of the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) program.