Archive for January, 2010

NASA Flying Car Concept

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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

New Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350i certified

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The 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.

King Air 350i

King Air 350i

Piper may enter LSA market

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Piper 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

See it on Piper’s website