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Ampaire has completed a test flight in Scotland of its Electric EEL technology demonstrator, operating the modified Cessna 337 Skymaster on a 30nm (56km) sortie from Kirkwall in the Orkney Isles to Wick John O’Groats airport on the Scottish mainland.
Coventry airport for flying cars and delivery drones takes a step closer The futuristic project has moved forward and continues to receive government backing A CGI of the world’s first mobile airport for flying cars and autonomous delivery drones to be launched in Coventry later this year (Image: Urban Air Port / SWNS) Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will...
Royal Mail delivers two U.K. firsts with autonomous drone deliveries Royal Mail Press Release | May 10, 2021 Estimated reading time 11 minutes, 8 seconds. Royal Mail has announced a trial of the first out-of-sight, autonomous scheduled drone flights between the U.K .mainland and an island. The trial will see the company use uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) flights to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE), Covid testing kits and other mail to the Isles of Scilly. The Skyports drone on The Isles of Scilly. Chris Gorman for Royal Mail Photo Royal Mail has also become the first to execu...
Ampaire to test hybrid-electric aircraft in UK 27th April 2021 9:52 Europe/London Hybrid-electric aircraft developer Ampaire is to demonstrate its testbed aircraft in the UK in two locations: the Orkney Islands and Exeter in the south-west. The demo flights are to show airlines how Ampaire’s hybrid-electric propulsion system could work on smaller, regional aircraft. The first stop is the Orkney Islands in Scotland for participation this summer in what’s known as SATE – Sustainable Aviation Test Environment – a programme supported by the UK government’s Future Flight Challenge. Ampai...
Angus first for UK shore-to-ship medi-drone delivery trials Updated: April 26, 2021, 9:26 am © Shutterstock / dreamnikon Angus is to host the first UK trials of shore-to-ship medical supply drone deliveries which could see Covid-19 test kits flown offshore. Montrose Port will this week stage the inaugural trials in the Project MediDrone initiative. If successful, it could see drones become a common sight at ports and over the sea. They could open up the opportunity for Covid-19 tests and other medical supplies to be delivered to and from vessels without them needing to dock or be boarded by ...