Wed, Jul 13, 2022
Elektra Solar has successfully test-flown the Elektra Trainer, the company’s two-seat, electric, ultralight aircraft.
With test-pilot Uwe Nortmann at the controls, the Elektra Trainer prototype departed Memmingen International Airport in southern Germany on 29 June. The aircraft rose, silently and sans-emissions, after an impressively brief, one-hundred-meter takeoff roll, and climbed at a brisk, eight-meters per second and remained aloft for twenty minutes. At altitude, the Elektra Trainer operated in a low-cruise mode that drew only about ten-kilowatts of power. Top Gun: Maverick—the sequel to the 1986 blockbuster that established Tom Cruise as an international action star—surpassed $1-billion in worldwide box-office earnings. So says the film’s maker, Paramount Studios. In a career spanning north of forty-years, Cruise has put up some big numbers. Aircraft owners, operators, and pilots will be pleased to learn the 20th annual edition of the Aircraft Electronic Association’s Pilot's Guide—a consumer's directory comprising timely information and data about the ever-changing world of
avionics technologies—will see its initial distribution at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 07.05.22 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Tuesday, July 5th, 2022... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- Elektra Trainer Impresses During Maiden Flight
- Top Gun: Maverick Soars Past $1-Billion
- Aircraft Electronic Association’s Pilot's Guide to Debut at Oshkosh
- Virgin Orbit Scores Another Successful Launch
- Historic B-29 Doc Adds Milwaukee Air & Water Show To This Month's Schedule
- USAF AC-130J Crews Awarded 2021 Mackay Trophy
- Special Mission Citation Longitude Delivered To JCAB
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again tomorrow, for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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