e-flight-Journal_4-2022

Expos / Fairs
One of the two Velis Electro over Bern-Belp International Airport. Without any problems the participants of the 6th Electrifly-In integrated
into the regular air traffic around the Swiss capital Bern.
by Michael Kügelgen. After a tour around the object
of his awakening desire and a look at the first flight
video, he did not miss the opportunity to take a seat
in the cockpit of the small machine, which can fly
horizontally in normal aircraft mode as a three-axis
aircraft as well as in vertical flight mode as an eVTOL.
When asked if he would fly this machine, the answer
came like a shot from a pistol: “Preferably right away,
where is the key?” Afterwards, there was an intensive
exchange of ideas with designer and company boss
Michael Kügelgen as well as with the multi-world
record holder Klaus Ohlmann about what special
flights could be made with this machine.
SMALL BUT NICE EXHIBITION
In addition to the aforementioned Pipistrel and
eMagic, there were other very interesting projects that
made it to Bern. The two-seater ElektraTrainer from
the Landsberg (Germany) company Elektra Solar with
test pilot Uwe Nortmann, who regularly did demo laps,
won the trophy for the longest journey in the “Electric”
category. Also on site was the company Pie Aerponef
from Switzerland, which presented its first e-airplane,
a single-seat e-racing aircraft designed from scratch
The Pie Aeronef simulator: Here you can already fly the
eRacer.
The fuselage of the Smartflyer is now manufactured .by
Aerolite.
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e Flight Journal
4 / 2022