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Swiss aviator Bertrand Piccard and his team are building a fully hydrogen-powered aircraft. The project, titled Climate Impulse, aspires to make a non-stop flight around the world. In doing so, the team hopes to inspire a greener future for aviation. Piccard is a well-known figure in the sustainable aviation industry. In 1999, he and his copilot, Brian Jones, became the first to circumnavigate the globe in a hot-air balloon. The NTSB conducted an investigation of over 500 fatal and nonfatal accidents between 2010 and 2022. The study found several safety issues affecting a subset of commercial aviation operations that includes commuter air carriers,
Longtime Customer Expands Fleet With New Addition
Textron Aviation announced the delivery of its 400th Cessna Citation Latitude since its certification in 2015. The Latitude has reportedly been the most popular mid-size business jet the past eight years. Seating nine passengers with a flat cabin floor and 2,700 nautical mile range, the aircraft can fly from New York to Los Angeles or Vancouver to Guatemala City. It serves as a useful platform for a variety of applications such as personal, corporate, and charter transportation as well as air ambulance, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), utility transport, aerial surveys, and training.
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