Wed, Apr 12, 2023
LYTE Aviation showed off a pair of brand new, sustainable aircraft in the 40-seater SkyBus and cargo-hauling SkyTruck.
The hybrid, electric VTOL aircraft sport a 4.5 tonne payload, 1,000-km range, and 300 km/hr top speed with largely conventional technology. HALO Space has announced the next step in its journey towards edge-of-space commercial tourism. Following a successful December 2022 test-flight of the company’s helium-balloon ascent platform from Indian soil, HALO Space is making ready for a second test-flight, which will ascend spaceward from southern Spain later this year. Sir Richard Branson’s cash-strapped Virgin Orbit announced it will shut down operations and lay-off 675 of its 775 employees after failing to secure what a company representative called “meaningful funding.” Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart made the fateful announcement during an all-hands company meeting. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 04.04.23 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, April 4th, 2023... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
- Lyte Aviation Unveils 40-Seat Hybrid eVTOL
- HALO Space to Conduct Second Test Flight
- Virgin Orbit To Shut Down
- Sierra Space Tests Inflatable Space Habitat
- European Aviation Sector Races to Beat E.U. SAF Deadlines
- VFS 2023 Group Award Recipients Announced
- E.U. CO2 Policy Ruinous to European Aviation Sector
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne-NextGen" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, next week!
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