Airbus says that limit-load wing bending trials undertaken on the A380 static test airframe in Toulouse earlier this month went "very well" and data is now being evaluated by engineers at Airbus UK's Bristol Filton plant. Limit load is the maximum load that the aircraft is expected to experience during its service life. During the second test, the loading condition was held for approximately 45-min, while functional tests of spoilers and ailerons were undertaken.
Source: Flight International
In a major milestone for electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies, the start-up has successfully transitioned a full-scale prototype of the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) variant of its Alia aircraft from hover to forward flight.
Former JetBlue Airways chief executive Robin Hayes will succeed Jeffrey Knittel as chairman and chief executive of Airbus Americas, effective 3 June.
US air taxi developer Archer Aviation has opened an office in Washington DC focused on regulatory affairs that will be led by Billy Nolen, former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
