Aerospace America magazine (AIAA)

Kyle Clark, founder and CEO of electric aircraft developer BETA Technologies, views the inaugural flight on Nov. 13 of the company’s first production-version ALIA CX300 as a success because there were no surprises. https://lnkd.in/dfnnqkrT

For the November Q&A, Stefano Campagnola of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discusses how Europa Clipper's route to Jupiter and the tour of its icy moon was designed, and the greater urgency for contingency trajectories. https://lnkd.in/gJfHtYmp

TOMORROW is the deadline for the November AeroPuzzler. By 12 p.m. Eastern, tell us what aerodynamic phenomena birds and jets take advantage of when flying in formation, and they use it. https://lnkd.in/eTPETUKd

"Services from space are becoming increasingly vital to modern life, and that means the traditional model of single-use, disposable satellites is rapidly proving untenable," writes Moriba Jah in his November column. https://lnkd.in/eVCfFCDJ

In a ceremony at the Manassas Regional Airport, Electra unveiled the design of its EL9 Ultra Short, a nine-passenger hybrid-electric aircraft that the company promises will be a “gateway” to a world of cleaner and more affordable regional air travel. https://lnkd.in/dacj3bPE

There are four days left to answer to the AeroPuzzler. Email us your 250-word response by Nov 18.

Few would dispute that electric air taxi developers face headwinds in their efforts to begin flying passengers within a year or two. Mattia Celli and Jan Schmidt of Bain & Company, the Boston-based consulting firm, offer guidelines for success. https://lnkd.in/eTbsNwZ3

Japan’s densely populated cities and history of firsts in transportation, such as the first high-speed or “bullet” train in 1964, have made it a focus for early introduction of electric air taxis. https://lnkd.in/ehvBQvbR

U.K. researchers are in the midst of Project Bluebird, a multiyear effort to create competing versions of artificial intelligence agents to see if one could in theory be capable of autonomously controlling air traffic. We spoke to researchers about their plans to conduct live trials in the safety of a digital twin of the airspace. https://lnkd.in/e5A2h5tG

From its geosynchronous orbit, GOES-16 last month captured Hurricane Milton's progression toward Florida and some of its noteworthy features. https://lnkd.in/eAAihTn4