Meet Alice World First All- Electric Airplane
Alice successfully completes it's maiden flight
Zero-emission passenger plane takes to Skies
World First All-Electric Aircraft Alice is successfully completed it's maiden flight. Alice comes with zero-emission and merely costs to a fraction to operate per flight hour compare to light jets or high end turboprops.
Alice maker "Eviatiion" called it " historic" after successfully electrifying the skies.
Alice Electrifies the Skies
"We have embarked on the next era of aviation . We have successfully electrified the skies with the unforgettable flight of Alice. People now know what affordable, clean and sustainable aviation looks and sounds like for the first time in a fixed- wing all electric aircraft.
This ground- breaking milestone will lead to annovation in sustainable air travel and shape both passenger and cargo travel in the future.( Eviation President and CEO Gregory Davis)
Alice took to the skies from Washington grant county international airport. The all- electric passenger plane flied for 8 minutes at an altitude of 3.500 feet .
Meet Alice
It is world first ever all electric passenger aircraft.
It has been manufactured by Arlington-base company "Aviation Aircraft".
Will typically operate flight's ranging from 150 miles to 250 miles for now.
Alice is available in three variants including a nine passenger commuter , a six passenger executive cabin and am ecargo version.
Alice aircraft feature a maximum operating speed of 260knots and a maximum useful load of 2,500LBS for passenger version and 2,600 for ecargo version.
All configuration support two crew members . The executive cabin and ecargo variation are identical to the commuter configuration except for the interior.
Alice is powered by two magni650 electric propulsion units (EPUS) from magnIX , the only flight proven electric propulsion system at this scale .
Alice also boasts of bettery support from AVL wings from AGK and doors from Potez .
The advance fly by wire system flight control and avionics are sourced from Honeywell .
U.S based regional airlines, cap air and global crossing airlines have reportedly placed orders for 75 and 50 units of Alice aircraft respectively while DHL Express is eviation first cargo customer with an order of 12 ecargo plane.
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