Electric Aviation is now credible and affordable and no longer the preserve of the Jetsons. Its quiet, its increasingly affordable and importantly both practical and safe. It keeps our airport neighbours happy and best of all it contributes to leaving a habitable planet for the kids.
Check out the Pipistrel Velis Electro. Here is a you tube video from a user with 2 years experience. Includes the realities of training operations, the climate challenges of Sweden and practicalities of the flight training schedule. The plane offers 45 mins flight training, 10 mins reserve and 40 minutes recharge and is poised for battery upgrades. (You Tube 26 minutes)
50% of all global commercial flights are less than 500nm. 20% to 30% are less than 250nm. This is where Alice from Eviation fits in. Flight tested and with 5 billion in pre orders. Even DHL likes it. An 8 minute you tube video
When the military gets interested in Electric you know its coming our way. Quiet, efficient equipment deployment, pilotless if necessary . Already playing a big part in the Ukraine. Lots of work to integrate with existing airspace users.
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Keep in perspective that while aviation does pollute, it is approximately a 2% problem. That`s 2% of all global emissions (40,000million tons total so around 800million). This amount is incidentally about the same pollution (2%) as manufacturing Hydrogen makes (made from Methane and steam reformation). Aviation does seem to get a disproportionate amount of publicity, usually adverse. Steel, Iron, Cement, Cars, Fertilisers, Aluminium, electricity generation are the big league polluters.
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