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Airline Orders up to 104 Pipistrel Aircraft to Build ‘Mesa Pilot Development’ to Combat Pilot Shortage.

The company says the speedy single-engine retract is aimed for initial approval in 2024.

Pipistrel now counts the U.K. as the next region in which it can fly its Velis Electro—the sole certificated all-electric, single-engine airplane in operation globally. Textron eAviation announced this week that the aircraft had secured approval under the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (U.K. CAA) to add to the primary-category certification it had received from the […]

The electric airplane OEM will benefit from new parent’s support network.

For Textron, the move is all about electric aircraft technology, but what did the company really buy?

The Slovenia-based producer of the Velis Electro will join Cessna, Beechcraft, Bell brands under Textron and will form the core of Textron eAviation.

Pipistrel announced on Wednesday that it has promoted dealer Right Rudder Aviation to be its sole general U.S. distributor. The Inverness, Florida-based aerospace company will oversee a network of dealers throughout the country that will be unveiled in coming weeks. Pipistrel has introduced several of its aircraft into the U.S. over the past five years, […]

Under partnership, Pipistrel to supply motors, batteries and motor controllers for Airflow’s proof-of-concept aircraft.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Aviation manufacturers face challenges of designing aircraft that are personalized, safe, environmentally friendly, and affordable. Pipistrel is designing aircraft that raise the bar in manufacturing while meeting the challenges of an evolving global environment. DETAILS: FLYING’s Thom Patterson talks with Andrew Chan about the efficiency of Pipistrel aircraft, eVTOL cargo platforms and […]

Slovenia-based Pipistrel Aircraft has won the Aircraft Design Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), for its environmentally friendly Velis Electro. During a virtual award ceremony in August, the AIAA singled out the technical team behind the Velis Electro—a two-seat, prop-driven trainer powered by an electric motor. Accepting the award on behalf […]