Controller Fun Stuff Blog Archive

The aerospace firm’s storied history stretches back to 1963, with the maiden flight of Dassault’s first business jet, the Mystère 20. ...

Airbus, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft and helicopters, will provide ZF Friedrichshafen with satellite-derived data with the aim of enhancing onboard systems ZF provides to enhance autonomous driving solutions. ...

The many ways modern jets are poked, prodded and tested. ...

The company assisted Habitat for Humanity in planning construction of the house and providing support, and Gulfstream employees volunteered more than 1,000 hours to the project. ...

The enterprise drone solutions company develops technologies that help drones and piloted aircraft safely share the skies. ...

William Lear didn’t have to create the jet that would become most identified with luxury business and private travel to make his mark. ...

The Team Chambliss M600 and a Red Bull Edge 540 will both be part of Piper’s display, and Chambliss will fly the Edge 540 during the show. ...

The UK’s second-largest airport is collaborating with Oxbotica in a study designed to show that autonomous vehicles can operate safely on an airfield. ...

Kitty Hawk, a company based in Mountain View, California, recently took the wraps off of its all-electric, autonomous “flying taxi” called Cora. ...

For the seventh consecutive year, global plane and train manufacturer Bombardier made a significant presence at the Robotics Festival in Montreal where more than 3,000 students ages six to 18 attended the three-day event. ...

The story goes that as a kid, Frank Robinson saw a photo in a Seattle newspaper of Igor Sikorsky, the pioneering helicopter designer whose company would go on to produce the iconic Black Hawk and Seahawk military helicopters, hovering in a helicopter. ...

William Piper’s dream to provide everyone with the freedom of flight has fueled Piper Aircraft for more than 90 years and more than 130,000 planes. ...

One of many aircraft companies that can trace their origins to World War II, Pilatus Aircraft is located near the mountain it's named for in Switzerland and builds planes for civilian and military use. ...

You’re familiar with Bombardier’s commercial and business aircraft, but the Montreal-based company is also a leading global manufacturer of trains and other transportation solutions. ...

Daimler AG recently provided details about an Automated Airfield Ground Maintenance project it’s conducting at the former Pferdsfeld Airbase in Germany that involves four driverless Mercedes-Benz Arocs trucks equipped with snowplows. ...

Any list of the early pioneers who shaped and built the aviation industry in America and beyond would be incomplete without mentioning Walter and Olivia Beech, co-founders of Beech Aircraft Company in 1932 in Wichita, Kansas. ...