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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 29 September Published every Thursday
Lead story

Eviation's all-electric Alice makes maiden flight

Alice lifted off from Grant County International Airport, flying for eight minutes at an altitude of 3,500 feet. This trailblazing flight of the technology demonstrator provided Eviation with invaluable data.

29 September 2022
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Eviation’s Alice achieves first flight.
Eviation’s Alice achieves first flight.
Preparing for take-off.

Vertical's full-scale piloted eVTOL takes off

Chief test pilot Justin Paines took to the controls for the VX4's maiden take-off which saw the eight sets of propellers lift the aircraft from the ground at hover-thrust, while tethered to the ground for safety.

29 September 2022
We have lift-off.

Climate observation project sees Electra's Dawn One fly

This solar-battery aircraft is part of Electra's ongoing development of reduced and zero-carbon aircraft propulsion technologies, which also include turbine-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell based hybrid systems.

29 September 2022
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Yamaha Motor and ShinMaywa conduct  an early-stage test flight of their small aircraft.

Japanese partners' first prototype is airborne

The aircraft tested was an R&D aircraft owned by ShinMaywa, the XU-L, which was equipped with an existing 499cc engine manufactured by Yamaha Motor.

29 September 2022
Officially opening the doors at Créteil.

French centre brings Safran electrical engineers together

Bringing together teams that were previously spread across several sites, the new facility will promote cooperation and should ensure the best working conditions for the 430 employees involved.

29 September 2022

De Havilland to build airfield and factory in Alberta

De Havilland Field will be the site of final assembly for the DHC-515 Firefighter aircraft, which was launched earlier this year, the DHC-6 Twin Otter and the Dash 8-400 aircraft.

26 September 2022
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