Tag: electric-flight

  • Wright Electric unveil their new 2MW motor

    The company Wright Electric has started testing their new 2MW electrical motor. The motor design has a power range from 500kW to 4MW, allowing to use the right motor size for various applications. For use in their planned Wright 1 aircraft, 10 2MW motors will be used in total, delivering around 20MW of power. That…

  • Reykjavik Flight Academy will use eFlyer from Bye Aerospace

    Reykjavik Flight Academy has entered into an agreement for the purchase of three all-electric eFlyer training aircraft. With the purchase, the school breaks new ground in the history of flight instruction in Iceland, where for the first time students will be offered instruction on aircraft that run on electricity only. The introduction of the Bye…

  • Lilium partners with Azul

    The german electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup Lilium announced the intent to enter into a commercial deal and strategic alliance with the leading brasil airline Azul. The deal would include the purchase of up to 220 aircraft from Lilium for an aggregate value of 1 billion USD. The start of the brazil eVTOL…

  • Pipistrels Velis Electro: One year since type certification

    Pipistrel, the aircraft manufacturer from Slovenia, celebrates the first anniversary of the type certification of its battery-powered two seater, the Velis Electro. After EASA granted the type-certificate on June 10th 2020, the Velis Electro remains the only type-certified electrically powered airplane in the world. Big beneficiaries of this ground-breaking technology are the neighbouring communities. The…

  • Integral E and ERA by Aura Aero

    The french aircraft manufacturing company Aura Aero, founded in 2018, is currently working on its first light sports aircraft “Integral R”, and gearing up production space at their headquarters in Toulouse, France. The two seaters’ main utilization will be aerobatics and flight training. While Integral R is powered by a conventional combustion engine, the proven…