Aviation industry

Last November, in Germany, Intel, the US microprocessor specialists, established the world record for the largest number of drones flying simultaneously. One hundred drones flew in formation, and to music. Read the article and watch the video.
 

In the event of a serious incident in the air with fighter aircraft, use of ejection seats, is the only way to stay alive, and have saved nearly 700 pilots. SEMMB, world leader in the sector, who also produces the Rafale seat, opened their doors to us.
 

40 years ago to the day, on 21 January 1976, Concorde took its first passengers, to Rio de Janeiro and Bahrain. It was the beginning of a supersonic story that would last 27 years. A chapter in commercial aviation, which we decided to review in images without commentary. Read the article. Watch the video.
 

After the inflight disintegration of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo in October 2014, a second vessel, in its final stages of production, will be presented on 19 February in Mojave, California. Space tourism begins afresh.
 

More deliveries for one, more orders for another ; at the beginning of this New Year it’s time to take stock of 2015’s very positive results for the two main aircraft manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing.
 

The Ehang 184 caused a sensation when introduced at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronic Show recently. The Chinese multi-rotor is able to transport a passenger completely autonomously.
 

The originality of the HondaJet, the first of which has just been delivered, lies in the location of its twin General Electric engines, and set high on pylons above the wings.
 

Windspeed Technologies have patented a concept that could revolutionize the way we see flying. The American company has created a teardrop canopy that, when integrated into the fuselage, will give passengers a panoramic view of the sky.
 

The man who took Concorde off for the first time in 1969 has died at the age of 94. A polytechnic engineer by training, André Turcat’s name will go down in aviation history.
 

At the very beginning of this New Year, 2016, you are probably wondering what it holds in store for us? The following is an aviation bulletin of the major events in view for the coming twelve months.
 

aeronewstv is offering the possibility of viewing, or re-viewing, five of the most watched 2015 aviation video reports in the following categories: Industry, Lifestyle, Transport, Events and Employment. Today, the Aviation Industry category.
 

As is the custom, aeronewstv takes a look back in pictures, today, 23 December at the main aeronautical events that marked 2015. This "aviation year in video" recounts the successes, failures, the nice, and not so nice surprises.
 

After six years of development, Liebherr-Aerospace is preparing to flight test an electrical air-conditioning pack within the framework of the JTI-Clean-Sky European research project.
 

On 8 December at Renton, in America’s northwest, the first 737 MAX was unveiled to thousands of Boeing employees. Its first test flight is expected in early 2016.