A NASA engineer long obsessed with flying cars has produced a concept design for a one-man, electrically powered helicopter/plane/glider podcraft. However the work was done largely without backing from NASA, and designer Mark Moore admits that battery technology must improve massively before the design becomes practical. Read the full article
Archive for January, 2010
New Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350i certified
Thursday, January 14th, 2010The Beechcraft announced yesterday it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Type Certifications for the King Air 350i. Link to article
We hope to have the performance and operating cost information into the site in the next few days.
Piper may enter LSA market
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Piper Aircraft Inc. may be considering a 49 percent stake in Czech Sport Aircraft (Valued at about $30 milion) and may adapt that company’s SportCruiser for the American light sport aircraft market. Link to AOPA story


