From 2017: The Pipistrel Alpha Is Available Now…
Electric aircraft are about to make their debut in the flight training market. Rand Vollmer, the southeast dealer for Pipestrel USA, told ANN CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell at AirVenture in July that the company has sold six of the electric trainers to a flight school in California. Vollmer said there are limitations to electric propulsion, but there are also tremendous advantages to it. Lee Westropp, director of operations for Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, one of the organizations that has purchased two of the Alpha aircraft, said tha