AirMaP
“The 21st Century will be to aviation as was the 20th to the automobile”
Robert McCann, www.aleonor.eu
This site (currently under construction) will become a forum for information and exchange
concerning advances made towards enabling general aviation to assume its role as a system
of mass transport - complementing and in certain cases substituting terrestrial transport.
It will examine the state of the art in areas including navigation (and guidance),
environment, safety, technology (materials, engines, fuels, avionics, design, manufacturing,
logistics, etc.) and will consider the politics involved.
The site will shortly include a blog in which specialists and interested parties may exchange
thoughts and ideas.
Aleonor provides consulting services to business, regulators, public services and investors
to assist stakeholders in defining and implementing winning strategies for industry and aviation.
1.
Business case for a €1Bn investment in large scale production of light aircraft
2.
History, Trends and Constraints in general aviation
3. Selected contemporary projects:
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Link |
Country |
Type (LSA=Light Sports Aircraft. VLJ=Very Light Jet) |
USA |
VLJ | |
USA |
VLJ | |
France |
LSA - 2 seat sea-plane (petrol or electric) | |
USA |
LSA - 2 seat sea-plane (petrol) | |
France |
LSA - 2 seat tandem fast piston aircraft | |
UK |
Microlight - 2 seat tandem, canard | |
France |
5 seat 3 wing piston tourer | |
Slovenia |
Electric Glider | |
Slovenia |
5 seat classic wing piston tourer | |
USA |
VLJ | |
Brazil |
VLJ | |
USA |
VLJ | |
USA |
Single Engine Composite Turboprop | |
Canada (Austrian parent company) |
VLJ | |
USA |
VLJ |
|
USA |
LSA - 'Flying Car'! | |
UK |
Ram-air wing paramotor 'Flying Car'! | |
NL |
Gyrocopter 'Flying trike'! | |
USA |
VLJ | |
USA |
Small Business Jet | |
Germany |
Single Engine All Composite 6 seat Turboprop |
4. Futurist Projects :
Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL)
Germany |
The world’s first electric vertical take-off and landing jet | |
Germany |
World’s first manned flight with an electric multicopter | |
France |
The crème de la crème of disruptive technologies | |
Australia |
The Australian medics' motorbike! | |
USA |
Slowed-Rotor/Compound (SR/CTM) gyroplane - Personal Aerial Vehicle (PAV) |
Airship
UK |
Air Freight / Mass Transit / Flying hotels/... |
Hypersonic
France-UK |
Around the world in 5 hours! |
|
UK |
The Mach5 Engine-Maker! |
5. Other resources:
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The piston engine transforming the Light Aircraft market. Explore and admire its references! | |
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Rotary aircraft engines. | |
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Not an AC maker, but a useful resource for information on small jets and their uses. | |
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The Jet nouveau has arrived |
6. Other links: