The Star: December 07, 2023
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
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FIRST: <strong>The</strong> trial flights took<br />
place at Kaitōrete Spit and<br />
involved take-offs, landings,<br />
and uncontrolled and<br />
controlled airspace navigation.<br />
PHOTO: WISK<br />
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AN AIRCRAFT has safely<br />
flown into controlled<br />
airspace above Banks<br />
Peninsula – and no<br />
one was onboard.<br />
<strong>The</strong> world-first<br />
was achived during<br />
a series of test<br />
flights with the small<br />
Wisk craft at the<br />
Tāwhaki National<br />
Aerospace Centre at<br />
Kaitōrete Spit near Birdlings<br />
Flat and was a step towards<br />
Catherine<br />
MacGowan<br />
the ultimate goal of commercial<br />
autonomous flights.<br />
Wisk Asia Pacific<br />
director Catherine Mac-<br />
Gowan said the California-based<br />
aerospace<br />
manufacturer teamed<br />
up with the New Zealand<br />
Government and<br />
other aviation groups to<br />
carry out the trial.<br />
<strong>The</strong> latest test flight<br />
was part of Wisk’s multiphased<br />
programme under<br />
the Government’s airspace<br />
integration trial programme.<br />
<strong>The</strong> testing involved multiple<br />
flights between November<br />
17 and <strong>December</strong> 1 to demonstrate<br />
a remotely piloted<br />
aircraft (RPA) can be operated<br />
under instrument flight rules<br />
in controlled airspace and<br />
integrated with regular crewed<br />
air traffic, MacGowan said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> flights involved takeoffs,<br />
landings and uncontrolled<br />
and controlled airspace<br />
navigation. “<strong>The</strong> successful<br />
completion of this phase of<br />
testing demonstrates that it<br />
is possible to safely integrate<br />
autonomous aircraft into controlled<br />
airspace that is shared<br />
with piloted aircraft,” said<br />
MacGowan.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> processes, data,<br />
and learnings from these<br />
trial flights will help shape<br />
the future of advanced air<br />
mobility and the broader<br />
aviation industry.”<br />
Charitable Trust<br />
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