Wed, Jul 24, 2024
Joby Aviation managed to pull off a 523-mile flight using their hybrid electric/hydrogen VTOL aircraft, once again putting them near the front of the sustainable pack in terms of real-world accomplishment.
Their demonstrator finished off a 523-mile flight putting out nothing but water as the byproduct of its hybrid powerplant. SLC Agricola is one of the largest agricultural producers in Brazil, working 1.7 million acres of farmland and is a leading innovator of farming practices. SLC has signed a commercial agreement with Oakland, California, -based Pyka Inc. for the purchase of its fully autonomous and all-electric aerial application platform, the Pelican Spray aircraft. The conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL), all-electric battery-powered, fixed-wing ALIA aircraft produced by BETA Technologies of Burlington, Vermont, successfully conducted a flight test carrying cargo from Dover Air Force Base to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) after departing from the National Aerospace Research and Technology Park (NARTP) in Atlantic City. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 07.16.24 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, July 16th 2024... 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:
- Joby Completes Record 523-Mile Test Flight
- SLC Agricola Purchases All-Electric Aerial Application Aircraft
- Beta’s ALIA Transports Cargo to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- UAS4STEM at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024
- FAA Approves Waiver for sUAS Systems at Michigan Test Site
- 1st J-1 Pulsejets Delivered to Customers
- American Airlines Inks Conditional Deal for ZeroAvia Hydrogen Engines
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