Hide/Show Archive Navigation.

All News

July 14, 2023

Airborne 07.14.23: OSH Debuts--Mayman Speeder, Hummingbird, Cloud Seeders

Also: Flightcell – v2track, flyExclusive-SmartSky, ALTO Aviation, Honda Aircraft Builds

Mayman Aerospace is the designer and manufacturer of a so-called Air Utility Vehicle (AUV) dubbed Speeder. Parties bound for EAA’s AirVenture 2023 are invited to view the machine for yourselves and learn more about Speeder by visiting Mayman Aerospace at AFWERX Booth 324. Vertical Aviation Technologies—makers of the four-place Hummingbird helicopter kit—cordially invite AirVenture attendees, one and all, to drop by next week and inspect a customer’s Hummingbird 300L. The beautiful Hummingbird 300L was built by Mr. Vic Syracuse of Locust Grove, Georgia’s Base Leg Aviation. Textron has been awarded a contrac

More Videos

Honda Aircraft To Build New NC Plant

Jets and Jobs in the Tarheel State

Honda Aircraft Company, the North Carolina-based aerospace subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and maker of the popular HA-420 HondaJet and HondaJet Elite II, has announced plans to build a new Greensboro plant, thereby bringing 280 new jobs to its home city over the next five-years. The project is funded, in part, by a $3.43-million job development investment grant pledged by the Tarheel State’s government.

Company Well Kept

GAMA has welcomed Aviation Partners, Inc.; Enstrom Helicopter Corporation; HCL America Inc.; and SmartSky Networks into its fold as Members, and Siemens Smart Infrastructure as an Associate Member Electric Propulsion & Innovation Committee (EPIC).

Fit For a King

McCauley Propeller Systems announced its C780 propeller had been fully-certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. Subject model is a four-swept-blade, 105-inch-diameter, aluminum propeller for Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft King Air B300 aircraft series.