Graham Warwick
@theworacle.bsky.social
Technology editor at Aviation Week, lifelong aeroplane enthusiast and recovering aeronautical engineer, sworn to eradicate the word "aircrafts". My musings on aircraft design and aerospace news.
Boeing outlines the High Speed Commercial Vehicle concept developed under #NASA contract. HSCV is a four-engine aircraft with a Mach 4 cruise and 5,000 nm range. This is conceptual design for technology roadmapping and not aimed at a product. #aviation #avgeek
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February 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Boeing outlines the High Speed Commercial Vehicle concept developed under #NASA contract. HSCV is a four-engine aircraft with a Mach 4 cruise and 5,000 nm range. This is conceptual design for technology roadmapping and not aimed at a product. #aviation #avgeek
aviationweek.com/aerospace/em...
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We've been waiting a while, but Textron eAviation company Pipistrel has flown its Nuuva 300 uncrewed cargo #eVTOL. Designed to fly 600lb payload 300nm, Nuuva is hybrid-electric but first flight was all-electric (pusher cruise engine not fitted). Aircraft is loaded via raised nose. #aviation #avgeek
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Clean-sheet firefighter. Aerobatic aircraft manufacturer Game Aerospace developing GB2 single-engine air tanker. All-composite, two-seat/dual-control, 1,200-gal hopper, 19,000-lb max TO weight, 12,000-lb useful load. 1,800shp P&WC PT6A-67F. First flight Q3 2025, FAA certification Q2 2027. #aviation
January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Clean-sheet firefighter. Aerobatic aircraft manufacturer Game Aerospace developing GB2 single-engine air tanker. All-composite, two-seat/dual-control, 1,200-gal hopper, 19,000-lb max TO weight, 12,000-lb useful load. 1,800shp P&WC PT6A-67F. First flight Q3 2025, FAA certification Q2 2027. #aviation
Riblet, riblet. Japan Airlines debuting a 787-9 on international flights with drag-reducing riblets over most of the fuselage. Applied using a paint-to-paint process developed by O-well which JAL says is lighter and more durable than adhesive film. Expected 0.24% reduction in cruise drag. #aviation
January 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Riblet, riblet. Japan Airlines debuting a 787-9 on international flights with drag-reducing riblets over most of the fuselage. Applied using a paint-to-paint process developed by O-well which JAL says is lighter and more durable than adhesive film. Expected 0.24% reduction in cruise drag. #aviation
De-icing. But good or bad?
January 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
De-icing. But good or bad?
On the fourth day of Christmas, my mildly interested browser gave to me
Four Thunderbirds
Four Thunderbirds
December 28, 2024 at 3:56 PM
On the fourth day of Christmas, my mildly interested browser gave to me
Four Thunderbirds
Four Thunderbirds
On the third day of Christmas, my searches gave to me
Three T-6s
Three T-6s
December 27, 2024 at 5:31 PM
On the third day of Christmas, my searches gave to me
Three T-6s
Three T-6s
On the second day of Christmas, my searches gave to me
Two Herky Birds
Two Herky Birds
December 26, 2024 at 4:38 PM
On the second day of Christmas, my searches gave to me
Two Herky Birds
Two Herky Birds
The planform is more of a modified diamond wing. FB-22 was a delta and FB-23 a trapezoid. Nearest I can find is the Dassault Petit Duc
December 26, 2024 at 3:14 PM
The planform is more of a modified diamond wing. FB-22 was a delta and FB-23 a trapezoid. Nearest I can find is the Dassault Petit Duc
Seemingly they have NVG-compatible LED lights on the proprotor blade tips. But that doesn't explain this.
(another US Air Force picture)
(another US Air Force picture)
December 25, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Seemingly they have NVG-compatible LED lights on the proprotor blade tips. But that doesn't explain this.
(another US Air Force picture)
(another US Air Force picture)
On the first day of Christmas, my searches gave to me
An Osprey on a night flight
An Osprey on a night flight
December 25, 2024 at 4:29 PM
On the first day of Christmas, my searches gave to me
An Osprey on a night flight
An Osprey on a night flight
We haven't seen the money yet.
Seems like good news for Lilium, but we don't know yet if the unidentified new investors have the hundreds of millions of dollars still needed to get the Lilium Jet into production. Hopefully it is a rescue and not just a reprieve.
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Seems like good news for Lilium, but we don't know yet if the unidentified new investors have the hundreds of millions of dollars still needed to get the Lilium Jet into production. Hopefully it is a rescue and not just a reprieve.
aviationweek.com/aerospace/ma...
December 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM
We haven't seen the money yet.
Seems like good news for Lilium, but we don't know yet if the unidentified new investors have the hundreds of millions of dollars still needed to get the Lilium Jet into production. Hopefully it is a rescue and not just a reprieve.
aviationweek.com/aerospace/ma...
Seems like good news for Lilium, but we don't know yet if the unidentified new investors have the hundreds of millions of dollars still needed to get the Lilium Jet into production. Hopefully it is a rescue and not just a reprieve.
aviationweek.com/aerospace/ma...
Seaplane startups - after #eVTOL and eSTOL, seems the latest craze in electric aircraft hypeland is the seaplane. Hampton, Virginia-based Tidal Flight has tested a 1/6th-scale (10ft) 3D-printed model of its Polaris hybrid-electric 9-12-seater in Davidson Laboratory towing tank. tidalflight.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Seaplane startups - after #eVTOL and eSTOL, seems the latest craze in electric aircraft hypeland is the seaplane. Hampton, Virginia-based Tidal Flight has tested a 1/6th-scale (10ft) 3D-printed model of its Polaris hybrid-electric 9-12-seater in Davidson Laboratory towing tank. tidalflight.com
Isn’t it a great feeling when you’ve forgotten to open your advent calendar for a few days?
December 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Isn’t it a great feeling when you’ve forgotten to open your advent calendar for a few days?
My beard trimmer. A control tower
December 18, 2024 at 11:13 PM
My beard trimmer. A control tower
My profile picture over on the dark side. Haven’t had time to set up here
December 18, 2024 at 2:23 AM
My profile picture over on the dark side. Haven’t had time to set up here
December 7, 2024 at 11:43 PM
It’s #PhantomFriday. Or is it? Should I have waited for #LightningLundi or #SwingwingSunday ? #WoracleWorks #whatifmodellers #onetruescale #aviation #avgeek #phantomphriday
December 6, 2024 at 6:47 PM
It’s #PhantomFriday. Or is it? Should I have waited for #LightningLundi or #SwingwingSunday ? #WoracleWorks #whatifmodellers #onetruescale #aviation #avgeek #phantomphriday
Triangular spinners? Bell tests stop-fold tiltrotor #X-plane design for #DARPA SPRINT project. Also reveals potential C-130-size operational vehicle with chined spinners that conceal blade fold and pitch mechanisms and reduce drag at high speed. SPRINT aiming for #VTOL and 400kt cruise. #aviation
December 5, 2024 at 7:19 PM
From one of my favourite websites. But, boy, how modeling is changing! This amazing 1/72 model of a “canceled project”- the Armstrong Whitworth AW169 offered against UK RAF requirement F.155T, was designed, 3D printed and completed by the modeler, scautomon.
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index...
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index...
December 3, 2024 at 10:48 PM
From one of my favourite websites. But, boy, how modeling is changing! This amazing 1/72 model of a “canceled project”- the Armstrong Whitworth AW169 offered against UK RAF requirement F.155T, was designed, 3D printed and completed by the modeler, scautomon.
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index...
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index...
More interesting than the movie. Went to Gladiator 2 over Thanksgiving and got to see Honda's 'Unstoppable Dreams" ad for first time - complete with #eVTOL model test flight video. Honda preparing to fly subscale demonstrator in US.
Oh, the movie? Basically a remake of Gladiator but not as good.
Oh, the movie? Basically a remake of Gladiator but not as good.
December 2, 2024 at 2:19 PM
More interesting than the movie. Went to Gladiator 2 over Thanksgiving and got to see Honda's 'Unstoppable Dreams" ad for first time - complete with #eVTOL model test flight video. Honda preparing to fly subscale demonstrator in US.
Oh, the movie? Basically a remake of Gladiator but not as good.
Oh, the movie? Basically a remake of Gladiator but not as good.
But combine in which way?
December 1, 2024 at 9:55 PM
But combine in which way?