Shocks Away! RAF To Fly Electric Planes

The title of this post is the same as that of this article on The Times.

The RAF is evaluating the Slovenian-built Pipistrel Velis Electro for use as a training aircraft. I learned to fly in a Cessna 150 and the Pipistrel Velis Electro seems to be a modern reincanation of that and similar classic designs.

• It seats two normal people side-by-side.
• It has a high wing.
• It has a fixed tricycle undercarriage.
• It is built from composites, whereas the Cessna was aluminium.
• It seems to have been carefully designed.
• It has full certification.

I would love to have a flight in one.

As the Danish Air Force are already using the aircraft for pilot training, I suspect that it might suit the RAF.

But then there are quite a lot of battery-electric under development and there may be a better one.

But there is no denying that the Pipistrel Velis Electro is a good aircraft to start the procurement process.

November 7, 2021 - Posted by AnonW | Design, Transport/Travel | Aviation, Electric Aircraft, Royal Air Force