Sealand Flight is offering a contest for Canada's first commercial electric flight in Campbell River
On June 14, Sealand’s Pipistrel Velis Electro will take flight for an introductory flight lesson. It will be the first time a person can purchase a commercial flight on an electric aircraft in Canada. The student will be allowed to operate the aircraft under the guidance of the flight instructor.
Sealand Flight is hosting a contest to find a person for the training flight.
Those little electric Pipistrels have been getting more common for instruction and pattern work down here for a bit too. I’m told they’re great fun if you just need to do a lot of sub hour flights every day.
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Those little electric Pipistrels have been getting more common for instruction and pattern work down here for a bit too. I’m told they’re great fun if you just need to do a lot of sub hour flights every day.
I really thought Harbour Air would be first.
I wonder if we can go and watch?
Saw this little plane at the Comox Air show a few weeks ago and it was getting a lot of attention.
The Fully Charged Show had a recent video about this same plane in Britain. Lots of details and they take it for a test flight.
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Vancouver to and from the nearby islands seems like an ideal use-case for all-electric aircraft.