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December 01, 2020

e-Starling Conducts Successful Flight Test Of Its Half Scale E-Aircraft

"CTOL Trials Are An Essential Step Towards VTOL Aircraft Development..."

A milestone has been met in Samad Aerospace's Starling Programme, as November 2020 saw the successful conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) flight test of the company's 50% scale fully electric aircraft. Samad's Chief Technical Officer, Norman Wijker explains, "CTOL trials are an essential step towards VTOL aircraft development. Ticking off the CTOL flight capability is a crucial step towards the validation of all flight modes. With CTOL trials complete, we will begin hovering trials and the flight trials will be concluded by transition between hovering flight and aerodynamic flight in both directions"

By The End Of 2020 Customers Will Be Able To Use The SDR Or SDR Gateway As A GPS Data Source

Scott IPC and Satcom Direct (SD) have announced a new integrated data solution for joint Satcom Direct Router series (SDR), and Scott Plot Electronic Plotting solution customers. By the end of 2020 customers will be able to use the SDR or SDR Gateway as a GPS data source to accurately depict the aircraft position on Scott Plot, Scott IPC's worldwide Electronic Plotting Chart, without the need for additional GPS hardware. With GPS location, ground speed, and indicated altitude information provided in real-time by the SDR, Scott Plot will have direct access to this high confidence data for use within the plotting chart.