Bye Aerospace Makes Progress on All-Electric eFlyer Series

Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 03:26 PM ET

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George Bye, founder and CEO of Bye Aerospace, provided an update on the company’s all-electric eFlyer product development. Bye Aerospace

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Bye Aerospace is actively developing a family of all-electric aircraft, with their two-seat eFlyer 2 trainer nearing certification (expected late 2022/early 2023) after proving its viability and receiving upgrades like new avionics and battery packs.
The company plans to introduce the four-seat eFlyer 4, designed for advanced training and air taxi applications, approximately one year after the eFlyer 2's certification.
Further plans include the eight-seat eFlyer 800, a larger business aircraft with a 500-nm range and pressurized cabin, aiming for certification in 2025 to electrify the turboprop market.

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Excitement over electric flight is palpable. That excitement has the folks at Bye Aerospace, an Englewood, Colorado-based electric aircraft company, very busy. George Bye, the company’s founder and CEO, provided an update his company’s work at EAA AirVenture last week. Bye Aerospace has established itself as a leader in the emerging all-electric aircraft industry.

While the company has yet to certify its first model, it has announced three different all-electric airplanes.