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August 15, 2013

Martin Jetpack Cleared For Manned Flight Testing

Company Hopes To Begin Retail Sales Next Year

Are our visions of the 21st century finally coming true? First, Terrafugia's flying car ... and now the Martin Jetpack may finally be ready for flight testing.

Pilot And Passenger Injured In The Accident

A vintage biplane being flown by the director of a high-end watch company in the U.K. went down Monday near an Elizabethan manor house in Northamptonshire. The pilot, identified as Giles English, director of the Bremont Watch Company, and a passenger, 11-year-old Oliver Nuttall, both survived the accident with "serious" injuries.

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.15.13

A UPS A300 Is Down and the Crew is Lost…

US Airways and American Will Fight to Save Their Proposed Merger…

More Dreamliner Issues for All Nippon

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Aero-TV: No Longer A Science Project -- GWI's Electric eSpyder SportPlane Kit

A True 'First' -- An All-Electric SportPlane Kit

Some time ago, GreenWing assumed the rights to the Flightstar line of ultralights a reputable SportPlane line that has been built and flow for decades. However; with the addition of electric propulsion, GWI's Yuneec 24kw system on the e280 eSpyder has received German DULV certification and opened up new markets to the fledgling SportPlane builder. The eSpyder, marketed at $39,900 for a turnkey unit, is estimated to have an operating cost of $1.60 per hour in electricity. The company claims that the eSpyder is the first all-electric ultralight to receive worldwide certification.