January 15th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
Quantum Air and OSM Aviation Group just announced an electric aircraft pilot training partnership. OSM Aviation Academy will conduct the Quantum-branded pilot training program according to FAA commercial standards. Electric urban air mobility (UAM) is taking shape one step at a time
December 28th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Here’s more urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff & landing (eVTOL) and electric fixed-wing aircraft news for the last week of
December 28th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
2019 is drawing to a close, so let's take stock of a decade of green mobility progress that started with a handful of startups a decade ago
August 17th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Bye Aerospace is an extremely busy electric aviation company developing the future of our urban air mobility (UAM) world. It has two electric airplanes (eCTOL) and is working on an electric vertical take-off & landing (eVTOL) project with Uber Elevate. But that's not all. It is also partnering with another two companies focusing on pre‐crash sensing technologies, parachute ballistic recovery systems, landing gear‐airframe crashworthy structural concepts, high-energy absorbing seats, and advanced restraints
July 28th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Forgive the last few weeks of relative silence as we gather a storm of news and press releases regarding the world of electric aviation. One of the big biggest air shows in the world, AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, just wrapped up. As with any major air shows, companies use that time to reveal plans and purchases
April 26th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Good days have arrived for electric aviation company Bye Aerospace, which has announced 60 Sun Flyer 2 electric airplanes have been sold to OSM Aviation. The company is also announcing a name switch from Sun Flyer to eFlyer
February 15th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
And it's off to a good start for the Sun Flyer 2 and its Siemens electric motor. The electric airplane (e-plane) successfully accomplished its first test flight with the new electric motor
May 7th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The future of electric aviation seems so far off and yet so very close that I think the only possible similarity would be to compare it to the electric vehicle (EV) rebirth of 2008. But just as back then, how many get the importance of electric aviation and its most urgent breakthroughs
April 19th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
We've been covering the development of the Sun Flyer electric airplane (e-plane) for quite some time now, and we are happy to report that its successful maiden test flight has been completed at the Centennial Airport near Denver, Colorado
April 2nd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The Sun Flyer 2 is taking its final steps toward the inaugural first flight of its electric two-seat low-wing airplane. After a few successful taxi tests, Bye Aerospace is readying the Sun Flyer 2 to take to the skies
November 12th, 2017 | by Nicolas Zart
Bye Aerospace's StratoAirNet prototype has successfully slapped solar cells on its unmanned aerial glider
May 28th, 2014 | by Glenn Meyers
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