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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 8 July Published every Thursday
Lead story

Deutsche Aerospace and H2FLY collaborate on hydrogen power

The companies are planning to equip a demonstrator Dornier 328 aircraft with a 1.5MW hydrogen system, making it the most powerful hydrogen-electric-powered aircraft to date. First flight target is 2025.

8 July 2021
Martin Nüsseler and Josef Kallo with their new contract in front of the D328 aircraft.
Martin Nüsseler and Josef Kallo with their new contract in front of the D328 aircraft.
The C-130J Super Hercules team and the 200th wing flap shipset.

Quickstep reports on-time C-130J flap delivery record

Quickstep also supplies a wide range of composite parts for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and recently announced the supply of its 10,000th part to that global program.

8 July 2021
Russian PD-14 engines power the MC-21-310.

Russian-powered MC-21 arrives at Zhukovsky test centre

The MC-21-310 aircraft made its first flight in December 2020. The public premiere of the type is planned for the Moscow international aviation and space salon MAKS-2021.

8 July 2021
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A 300 pound capacity Vacuum Precision Investment Casting furnace.

Doncasters orders casting furnace for Alabama facility

Aerospace casting manufacturer Doncasters Group will benefit from high vacuum capabilities, state of the art controls and increased automation with Teach Pour technology. Installation will be later this year.

8 July 2021
More news – Forming Processes
SKYscapes Next Generation exterior coatings basecoat/clearcoat system has been qualified by Textron Aviation for its Cessna, Beechcraft, and Hawker aircraft.

Textron qualifies SKYscapes next generation coating

Textron can now continue to use a traditional, single stage exterior coating system like Jet Glo Express or Acry Glo, or offer a basecoat-clearcoat finish in the form of SKYscapes Next Generation.

8 July 2021
More news – Coatings
Volocopter secures Production Organisation Approval by acquiring DG Flugzeugbau. (Photo: Volocopter)

Volocopter takes production partner under its wing

DG Flugzeugebau will continue as an independent maintenance and development company responsible for the construction of gliders, as well as the ELA-1 aircraft. Production will be integrated into Volocopter.

8 July 2021
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Edition of 1 July 2021

Bell pitches flight-tested Valor for the army's FLRAA

The V-280 Valor has marked the completion of its three-year flight-test program with a series of demonstrations to highlight its revolutionary performance during more than 214 hours of flight.

1 July 2021
Edition of 24 June 2021

USAF awards contract for Wave's innovative low-cost engines

Wave engines are a class of aircraft engines that operate using pressure waves instead of rotating machinery. Intermittent combustion inside a hollow tube produces pressure waves that push hot gases and produce thrust.

23 June 2021
More news – Turbine Engines