by finlayasher | Sep 4, 2024 | Safe Landing position
What are “eVTOL” aircraft? Electric Vertical Take-Off & Landing (eVTOL) aircraft refers to electrically-powered aircraft that are capable of hovering and taking-off/landing vertically like a helicopter. There are a range of concepts and aircraft configurations...
by tom reynolds | Aug 7, 2024 | Safe Landing position
Aviation Industry Growth Globally, the aviation industry is predicted to grow significantly in the coming decades. Industry leaders claim there’s no need to limit flying to hit net zero, and say this growth will provide thousands more jobs in the sector. Whilst this...
by finlayasher | Aug 5, 2024 | Safe Landing position
Background Like most governments and many other sectors, the aviation industry has an objective of ‘Net Zero emissions by 2050’. However, this will not be enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement without ambitious near-term reductions of emissions that we...
by finlayasher | Apr 25, 2024 | Safe Landing position
What is “Sustainable Aviation Fuel”? When we talk about Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) we are referring to either biofuels or electro-fuels (e-fuels). Biofuels are fuels created from agricultural crops or from farm, forestry or municipal waste (e.g....
by finlayasher | Apr 18, 2024 | Safe Landing position
The health impacts of air pollution Did you know that air pollution from aircraft can cause a variety of serious health impacts? This is caused by very small “ultrafine particles” (UFPs) that are emitted from jet engines. These particles are 1000 times smaller than...
by tom reynolds | Nov 7, 2023 | Safe Landing position
Contrail mitigation may be the biggest opportunity in climate across all sectors. Contrails are responsible for 1-2% of global warming (maybe even more), and we can eliminate their warming without having to invest billions of dollars, change our behavior, or wait...
