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Charles H. Featherstone/Columbia Basin Herald AeroTEC CEO Lee Human (left) and AeroTEC Test Pilot Steve Crane stand in front of a Cessna Caravan modified to operate solely on battery power. The modified plane flew for 30 minutes over Moses Lake on Thursday, the first of several planned test flights.

Charles H. Featherstone/Columbia Basin Herald AeroTEC CEO Lee Human (left) and AeroTEC Test Pilot Steve Crane stand in front of a Cessna Caravan modified to operate solely on battery power. The modified plane flew for 30 minutes over Moses Lake on Thursday, the first of several planned test flights.

May 28, 2020

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Electric plane takes flight in aviation first
May 28, 2020 11:32 p.m.

Electric plane takes flight in aviation first

MOSES LAKE — A little history was made in Moses Lake when an AeroTEC Cessna Caravan, powered entirely by batteries, took off, flew for 30 minutes and landed successfully at Grant County International Airport on Thursday.