{"id":27211,"date":"2023-11-20T17:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27211"},"modified":"2023-11-20T18:14:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:14:44","slug":"electra-completes-worlds-first-hybrid-electric-estol-aircraft-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/electra-completes-worlds-first-hybrid-electric-estol-aircraft-flight\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Electra Completes World’s First Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Aircraft Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Electra’s EL-2 Goldfinch takes off on its first hybrid-electric flight on November 19, 2023. (Credit: John Langford\/Electra) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electra.aero, Inc. <\/a>has announced that it has successfully completed the first flights of its EL-2 Goldfinch, a hybrid-electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Goldfinch completed an all-electric test flight on\nNovember 11 and a hybrid-electric flight on November 19, both piloted by Cody\nAllee, from the Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia. The first hybrid flight\nlasted 23 minutes, reached an altitude of 3,200 feet, and covered a distance of\napproximately 30 miles,” said Electra’s Vice President and General Manager\nJP Stewart. “We’re looking forward to further expanding the envelope of\nthis aircraft and demonstrating the full capability of Electra’s technology.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cody Allee is lead test pilot for the Electra EL-2 Goldfinch development flights. (Photo: Taylor Mickal\/Electra)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The two-seat Goldfinch eSTOL technology demonstrator is the\nworld’s first blown lift aircraft using distributed electric propulsion and a\nhybrid-electric propulsion system. The aircraft uses eight electric motors to\nsignificantly increase wing lift and enable ultra-short takeoffs and landings\nwhile dramatically reducing noise and emissions below those of conventional\naircraft and helicopters. Hybrid-electric power provides long ranges without\nthe need for ground-based charging stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electra is developing a nine-passenger version of the\naircraft for commercial and government markets that can take off and land with\nground rolls as short as 150 feet and fly at speeds of 200 mph for distances of\n500 miles. Electra’s eSTOL product is backed by strong market interest; Electra\ncurrently holds pre-orders from more than 30 customers for over 1,700 aircraft,\ntotaling more than $6 billion in backlog. Electra will develop a prototype of a\nfull-scale pre-production eSTOL aircraft under a previously announced strategic\nfunding partnership valued up to $85 million with the U.S. Air Force AFWERX\nAgility Prime Program. Certification and entry into commercial service under\nFAA Part 23 regulations is targeted for 2028. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The aim of Electra is to fill a gap in air travel\nbetween 50 and 500 miles, where most trips today are made by automobile. The\nkey to saving time is to operate close in, which means getting in and out of\nsmall spaces quietly and safely, while still being fast enough to cover long\ndistances,” said Electra founder and CEO John Langford. “Electra will\nbe able to take you from downtown Manhattan not only to Kennedy Airport, but to\nWashington, DC. It will bring air service to thousands of communities where air\ntravel today is not a practical or affordable option. It also opens vast new\nopportunities for middle-mile cargo logistics.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Electra’s EL-2 Goldfinch takes off on its first hybrid-electric flight on November 19, 2023. (Credit: John Langford\/Electra) Electra.aero, Inc. has announced that it has successfully completed the first flights of its EL-2 Goldfinch, a hybrid-electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. “The Goldfinch completed an all-electric test flight on November 11 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL20231119_01-Electra-EL-2-Goldfinch-First-Flight-Takeoff-_John-Langford-_Electra_hires-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27226,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27211\/revisions\/27226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}