At the airport of Bad Vöslau in Lower Austria, the first electric aircraft registered in Austria took off on Monday morning, clean and on silent wings. The “Krone” was on board.
Fully electric, almost as light as a feather and almost on silent wings, the small machine – as an Austrian premiere – took off from the airport in Bad Vöslau on Monday morning. “Our bird causes no CO2 emissions and no noise,” said flight school director Georg Watschinger happily, as his two-seater took off for the sightseeing flight before the astonished eyes of Vienna airport director Günther Ofner. He will mainly use the “Velis Electro” for so-called traffic patterns for his students. Barely audible landings and take-offs are trained – to the relief of the residents.
Synthetic fuels as an aviation perspective
The e-plane from the Slovenian manufacturer “Pipistrel” can stand for 50 minutes, and it takes an hour and a half to refuel – with electricity from the photovoltaic system on the hangar roof. The aircraft was approved by Austro Control.
“We just have to support such climate-friendly technologies. Because the future belongs to them,” assure directors Philipp Piber and Valerie Hackl. Ofner sees e-machines as the first step towards environmentally friendly air travel. He envisions synthetic fuels as a long-term perspective for passenger and cargo aircraft.
Source: Krone
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