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The controversial push for AI single-pilot ops: Airbus vs. Pilot associations

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A pilot operating Boeing 767s on global routes and a consultant leveraging his extensive aviation and technology expertise, Christian also holds a First-Class Honours degree in Air Transport Operations and a master’s in Blockchain. The Air Line Pilots Association ( ALPA ) has been particularly vocal in its opposition.

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Smart Skies: How IoT is transforming aircraft maintenance and operations

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A pilot operating Boeing 767s on global routes and a consultant leveraging his extensive aviation and technology expertise, Christian also holds a First-Class Honours degree in Air Transport Operations plus a masters degree in Blockchain. AeroTime is excited to welcome Christian Charalambous as a guest columnist.

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Choctaw Nation Opens Advanced Aviation Technology Center

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Last week, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) officially opened its Emerging Aviation Technology Center in Daisy, Oklahoma. The 8,324-square-foot facility is designed to support the research and development of emergent crewed and uncrewed aerial system technologies in a safe, low-risk environment.

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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

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The automatic pilot (autopilot) has to be one of aviations finest technological inventions. Largely gone are the days when pilots had to manually control their aircraft from engine start-up to shut down by keeping their hands rigidly fixed on the controls at all times.

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Archer begins piloted flight testing of Midnight eVTOL: video

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Archer Aviation has launched the next phase of its Midnight flight test campaign, after successfully conducting a piloted flight that demonstrated the vertical and conventional takeoff and landing capabilities of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 goes supersonic for the first time 

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The aircraft took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), California, at 8.22am local time on January 28, 2025, and headed towards a reserved airspace section over the Mojave Desert which had been previously approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the purpose of this test.

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Vertical Aerospace conducts first VX4 piloted flight in open airspace  

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Vertical Aerospace has confirmed it has successfully conducted the first piloted flight of its VX4 aircraft prototype in open airspace. This is the first ever piloted wingborne flight in Europe of a winged eVTOL aircraft in open airspace.