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July 02, 2022

Electric Aircraft Symposium Returns

After Two Years of Virtual Gatherings, Popular Forum to Host In-Person and Virtual Attendees

In 2007, the CAFE Foundation—a California-based, non-profit aviation development and flight test organization—hosted the first annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), bringing together a small group of visionaries who believed that electric-powered aircraft were not only possible, but practical. Now in its 16th year and hosted by the Vertical Flight Society—a non-profit technical society for the advancement of vertical flight—the upcoming Electric Aircraft Symposium will bring together over forty of the world's leading electric aircraft developers and technology experts.

From 2015 (YouTubeVersion): The Airframes Displayed At AUVSI 2015 Were Quite Innovative

It’s common to visualize a small vertical lift UAV as having 4 to 6 propellers, it’s very maneuverable, but it has a short range and limited load caring capabilities. Well, NASA says you can have your cake and eat it too with something they call “Greased Lightning.” ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, spent time at the Unmanned Systems 2015 Conference and met with aerospace engineer Bill Fredericks to talk about what’s different with their vehicle. Fredericks says they’re developing a vehicle that will have four times the e