New Zealand Aviation.

[21 Sep 2010 | No Comment ]

The small satellite, with a big mission, is appropriately named “Firefly.” Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the pint-sized satellite will study the most powerful natural particle accelerator on Earth — lightning.

[17 Aug 2010 | No Comment ]

There are many videos on the internet that you can clearly see are ‘fakes’ but this video from AvWeb.com really made me sit up and think what a lucky guy 22 year old Dino Moline was.

[10 Aug 2010 | One Comment ]

Wile trolling though the abundant supply of aviation videos on YouTube I came across this one. It’s a time laps of a 747 getting a new paint job.

[29 Jul 2010 | No Comment ]

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.

[7 Jul 2010 | One Comment ]

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.

[4 Jul 2010 | No Comment ]

Lycoming is making quick progress with its IE2 electronic engine controls in the Lancair Evolution. The company is shooting for a certified version by the end of 2010 or early 2011. Lycoming’s Jim Morris gave Avweb an update on the project.

[1 Jun 2010 | No Comment ]

We have converted one of the Martin Jetpacks to remote control so that we can push the flight envelope without risk to a pilot.

[17 May 2010 | No Comment ]

The Woopy-Fly, a sort of paraglider/trike/ultralight hybrid shown on the world state at Aero Friedrichshafen this April, 2010, in Germany, has a wing that folds for storage like a paraglider.

[14 Apr 2010 | No Comment ]

NASA pilots and flight engineers, together with colleagues from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk aircraft over the Pacific Ocean.

[6 Mar 2010 | No Comment ]

First we had the Marten Jetpack and now Rudy Heeman from Nelson has come up with a flying hovercraft.

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