Hanneke Weitering
Science & Technology Editor
Hanneke Weitering is a writer and editor with AIN covering advanced air mobility and new flight technologies. She became an aviation journalist and joined the AIN team in the summer of 2022 after reporting on spaceflight and astronomy for six years at Space.com. After earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she moved to New York City to pursue a master’s degree in science, health, and environmental reporting at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She is now based in Seattle near Boeing Field and spends her free time exploring nature in the Pacific Northwest.
Latest from Hanneke Weitering
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FAA Accepts Reliable Robotics’ Certification Plans for Autonomous Flight Control System
Reliable Robotics says the FAA has accepted its certification plans for a fully autonomous flight control system that would support remotely piloted operations for all phases of flight.
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PAL-V Sells Five Liberty 'Flying Cars' to Aircraft Maintenance Firm
Austrian aircraft maintenance firm Primus Aero has decided to purchase a fleet of PAL-V’s Liberty “flying cars.”
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South Korean Airline Hi-Air Plans To Operate Plana's Hybrid-electric VTOL Aircraft
A letter of intent, signed on July 17, builds on earlier provisional sales for 70 of Plana's CP-01 aircraft to Ghenus Air in the U.S. and Japan's SkyTaxi.
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FutureFlight Weekly News Roundup
FutureFlight.aero's Weekly Advanced Air Mobility News Roundup
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Doroni Achieves First Piloted Flight With Its Personal eVTOL Aircraft
Doroni founder and CEO Doron Merdinger became the first person to pilot a two-seat personal eVTOL in the U.S. on July 3, 2023, when he flew a full-scale technology demonstrator for Doroni's H1 "flying car."
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Beyond Automation: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Aviation
Artificial intelligence isn’t only changing the way airplanes fly—it’s transforming nearly every aspect of aviation on the ground, too.
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Transport Canada Grants $1.3 Million Contract to Autonomous Flight Start-up Ribbit
Ribbit, a Toronto-based start-up developing software for cargo airplanes, has won a $1.3 million contract to conduct flight trials over northern Canada.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
SmartSky Wi-Fi Installed on Cessna Citation Excel
This marks the second installation of SmartSky’s broadband connectivity system on one of FlyExclusive’s business jets.
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Joby Finishes Submitting eVTOL Aircraft Certification Plans to the FAA
California-based eVTOL aircraft developer Joby Aviation says it has finished submitting all the certification plans for its four-passenger air taxi to the FAA.
FutureFlight On The Radar
Is Regional Air Mobility on the Verge of a Resurgence?
Analysts at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company spell out the key enablers that could lead to a resurgence of short-haul flights for commercial airline passengers.
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NASA Wraps Up X-57 Program without a Flight
NASA's experimental electric airplane, the X-57 Maxwell, will not achieve a first flight before the agency cuts the program in September.
Aircraft
NASA Wraps Up X-57 Program without a Flight
NASA's experimental electric airplane, the X-57 Maxwell, will not achieve a first flight before the agency cuts the program in September.
Regulations and Government
Skyryse Ramps Up Automated Flight Tests with R66 Helo
Skyryse has kicked off a flight-test campaign for its FlightOS highly-automated flight control system on a Robinson R66 helicopter.
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Universal Hydrogen Moves Flight Test Campaign to Mojave Desert
Having completed multiple successful flight tests with its hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system in Moses Lake, Washington, Universal Hydrogen has relocated its flight testing activities to the Mojave Air & Space Port.
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Skyryse Ramps Up Automated Flight Tests with Robinson R66 Helicopter
Skyryse says it is now conducting daily flights with its R66 testbed, which includes production-representative versions of the FlightOS flight control system as well as the sensor suite that provide real-time situational awareness.
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Joby Rolls Out First 'Production Prototype' eVTOL Air Taxi
The four-passenger aircraft will be delivered to the U.S. Air Force in early 2024.
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Monte Aircraft Leasing Secures First Hydrogen Powertrain Deliveries from ZeroAvia
Monte Aircraft Leasing has now fully committed to purchasing up to 100 of ZeroAvia’s hydrogen fuel cell powertrains to turn its fleet of nine- to 19-seat regional turboprops into more sustainable, hydrogen-powered aircraft.
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EcoPulse Hybrid-electric Aircraft Debuts at Paris Airshow
Daher, Airbus, and Safran are exhibiting their jointly-developed EcoPulse hybrid-electric aircraft at the Paris Airshow.
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SkyDrive to Build Three-Seat eVTOL Aircraft at Suzuki Factory
SkyDrive now intends to produce a three-seat eVTOL air taxi, which it will manufacture at a facility owned by car maker Suzuki.
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France Flies Hydrogen-powered UAV
The Rapace H2 drone draws power from a closed cathode liquid-cooled hydrogen fuel cell developed by France’s atomic energy agency.
Environment
New SAF Facility Coming to Washington
Twelve Corporation will open a commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel production facility in Moses Lake, Washington.
Aircraft
SkyDrive to Build Electric Air Taxis at Suzuki Factory
SkyDrive now intends to produce a three-seat eVTOL air taxi, which it will manufacture at a facility owned by car maker Suzuki.
Aircraft
EcoPulse Hybrid-electric Aircraft Debuts at Paris Airshow
Daher, Airbus, and Safran are exhibiting their jointly-developed EcoPulse hybrid-electric aircraft at the Paris Airshow.
Aircraft
Volocopter Flies VoloCity eVTOL Air Taxi in Saudi Arabia
Volocopter recently conducted the first flight trials of its VoloCity eVTOL aircraft in Saudi Arabia.
FutureFlight
Washington State Invests in Hydrogen Propulsion
Washington state just made its second $350,000 investment in ZeroAvia's hydrogen propulsion R&D facilities at Paine Field.
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Embraer Taps Nidec to Build Electric Motors for Eve's eVTOL Air Taxi
Embraer and Nidec, a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors, will jointly develop propulsion systems for electric aircraft, including Eve's eVTOL.
Aircraft
Eve's eVTOL Order Book Swells to 2,850 Aircraft
Eve Air Mobility said it now carries the largest backlog of orders among eVTOL aircraft developers.
Engines
Monte Secures First Deliveries from ZeroAvia
Monte Aircraft Leasing has secured the first production slots of ZeroAvia's ZA600 hydrogen fuel cell conversion kits for regional turboprops.
Aircraft
Supernal Adds eVTOL Manufacturing Partners
Supernal will work with GKN and Qarbon to boost manufacturing rates for its SA-1 eVTOL air taxi.
Aircraft
Washington State Invests in Hydrogen Propulsion
Washington state just made its second $350,000 investment in ZeroAvia's hydrogen propulsion R&D facilities at Paine Field.
