The Days Of The Old 'Freight Dogs' Are Increasingly Past-Tense

If you thought that you saw too many Prime trucks around the highways and byways of America, it may be time to look skyward. Amazing Prime Air has been granted a Part 135 ticket ("Part 135 air carrier certificate using unmanned aircraft systems") to start trial operations of drone deliveries... something that has been on their drawing board for years. this allows Amazon to join the ranks of UPS and Alphabet-owned Wing, who have already pioneered some limited FAA approval for their drone delivery aspirations. Amazon describes their program as, "...a future delivery system from Amazon designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles, also

Large Cargo Compartment Accepts Up To 3 Euro-Pallets (EPAL) On V300

Pipistrel's Nuuva V300 is a long-range large-capacity heavy-weight autonomous eVTOL UAV. As smaller Nuuva V20 provides options for last-mile delivery missions. The Nuuva V300 is envisioned as Pipistrel's flagship model of the Nuuva series of UAVs. The highly customizable autonomous aircraft can carry up to 460 kg, is economical to operate, and offers the efficiency and reliability of electric powertrains. Entry into service is planned for the second half of 2023. Currently, cargo is delivered to many locations around the world with helicopters, which are excellent for hovering but much less efficient in cruise flight. Their complex flight mechanics increases the cost of operation.

IS&S's First Upgrade Directly To Eclipse Owners

The FAA has certified Innovative Solutions & Support’s Synthetic Vision (SVS) installation and Autothrottle Upgrade for the Eclipse Jet, applicable to aircraft with software versions 2.7.8 and 2.7.10. This installation marks IS&S's first upgrade directly to Eclipse owners and involves substantial pre-orders. Eclipse owners now have the benefit of a significant avionics equipment upgrade and ongoing product support directly from their partnership with IS&S.

Full Flight Simulator Level D Available In Frankfurt

A new Level D Airbus H145/135 full-flight simulator has joined the existing training fleet at the Lufthansa Aviation Training, Frankfurt location. The Full Flight Simulator (FFS) of the Airbus H145/135 is the most modern helicopter simulator on the market worldwide, which was manufactured by Reiser Simulation and Training. It is certified by the EASA as Level D. The FFS is capable of displaying numerous realistic landing scenarios with moving objects in the landing area or at different locations. These include, for example, scenarios at airports, hospitals, landings on ships or oil platforms or in confined terrain. Thanks to the high resolution of the visuals and the additional possibility to de