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Expos / Fairs<br />
Lange Research E2:<br />
40 hours <strong>flight</strong> with<br />
fuel cells<br />
SIEMENS AG E-AIRCRAFT / A7-201<br />
As leading force of the electric aviation in the world, Siemens<br />
now has a whole series of projects powered by its<br />
electric motors: from the UL / LSA eFusion to the Extra<br />
300 LE, to the Airbus Citycopter, which is set to take off<br />
this year with eight Siemens 200 kW engines. Siemens<br />
has also formed partnership with Airbus and Royce Rolls<br />
to jointly develop a hybrid single-aisle regional airliner<br />
electric airplane. If you want to know what the electric future<br />
will look like, you should definitely drop by here.<br />
SMARTFLYER-CHALLENGE / A7-001<br />
The Swiss organizer of the first e-Fly-In are now working<br />
together with the AERO and want to let as many as possible<br />
fly in <strong>2018</strong> in the foothills of the Alps near Grenchen.<br />
STERNA COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT INC. / A7-120<br />
The Chinese propeller manufacturer has some e-projects<br />
in the works and wants to <strong>special</strong>ize further. They set a<br />
joint-venture with the American <strong>aero</strong>nautical consulting<br />
firm DARcorporation last year to explore further into airframe<br />
integration and basic research.<br />
ULTRALIGHT DESIGN SRO / A7-307<br />
VOLOCOPTER GMBH / A7-100<br />
Although the e-VTOL pioneers from Bruchsal are showing<br />
no new prototypes this year, they have promised to<br />
be back next year after being spotted by the e-<strong>flight</strong>-expo<br />
on their successful way into the air. The company has<br />
carried out test <strong>flight</strong> in Dubai and are in talks with more<br />
cities for test <strong>flight</strong>.<br />
ZALL SKYLEADER A.S. / B3-301<br />
The Czech manufacturer with a Chinese investor shows<br />
their electric SL400 on the ground and in the air. The<br />
electric SL400 just had the first <strong>flight</strong> recently.<br />
Z-PARK SKY INNOVATIONS GA ALLIANCE / A7-112<br />
The merger of several aviation companies from China indicate<br />
that the Chinese investors have good overall appetite<br />
with general aviation new technology including<br />
electric aviation. Z-park Alliance is the organizer partner<br />
of Flying Pages last year at the e-Flight-Forum in Beijing.<br />
As one of the major general aviation industry association<br />
in China with dozens of member companies, the Alliance<br />
plans to be more active in the e-<strong>flight</strong> sector between Europe<br />
and China in the future. 4<br />
The manufacturer of the EGO Trikes is present at the<br />
booth of MGM Compro. Their electric powered trike uses<br />
high-performance Atos wings.<br />
Ego Trike with<br />
the power<br />
from MGM<br />
Compro.<br />
1 / <strong>2018</strong><br />
e Flight Journal<br />
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