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e-Airshow<br />
Franchois Chopard was with his investment company<br />
Starbust Accelerator, which was one of the organizers of<br />
the Paris Airlab; several innovative companies like XTI from<br />
USA presented their projects under the wing of an old<br />
Concord.<br />
The initiative of Pipistrel’s Importer for France Christian<br />
Stuck was in the interest of several players so they all<br />
agreed to work out a test program.<br />
Pipistrel will deliver three aircraft: the first will start to fly under<br />
an LSA “Permit to Fly” from EASA. Meantime Pipistrel<br />
starts the EASA CSA certification with the Alpha the next aircraft<br />
can fly under CS-LSA later. That means, at the same<br />
time the DGAC will coordinate the operations of the aircraft,<br />
EASA will do the certification and the French Aeroclub will<br />
operate the aircraft in several different clubs so that several<br />
<strong>flight</strong> instructors can gather experience.<br />
Like in other e-Programs, for example in Switzerland, there<br />
will also be Alpha’s with conventional Rotax motors available<br />
so that the students in the end will receive a fully compatible<br />
private pilots license.<br />
Siemens demonstrated<br />
the Extra in glider<br />
towing action in Paris<br />
in public for the first<br />
time. The 260 kW<br />
strong motor did pull<br />
the French aerobatics<br />
champion up to<br />
1000 meters and then<br />
both aircraft performed one after the other an aerobatics<br />
show.<br />
Comment<br />
The Alpha Electro is an ultralight but because several associations<br />
(for example the French UL Association FFPLUM)<br />
are fighting against a weight increase for ultralights in<br />
Europe, due to the higher weight electric aircraft cannot be<br />
operated in the UL-class and the technology and development<br />
will move to GA and LSA.<br />
With all its advantages like low noise, general public and<br />
politicians acceptance the French UL Association hinders<br />
electric ultralights coming to use in all Europe by blocking<br />
the weight increase.<br />
The UK drone company presented next to new<br />
drone technology their ideas for a manned<br />
“Motorbike-drone” the Airquadone.<br />
The Slovakian Flying Car AEROmobil is on the ground<br />
driven by electric motors in the wheels; a later model could<br />
be hybrid electric.<br />
29 e Flight Journal
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