Electric flight
Eviation test pilot Steven Crane gives a thumbs up as he exits the company’s battery-powered Alice airplane, which flew for the first time Tuesday morning at the Grant County International Airport. The company is working with AeroTEC in Moses Lake to get the aircraft certified for commercial sale.
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The battery-powered, all-electric Eviation Alice taxis down the main runway of the Grant County International Airport on Tuesday following its very first test flight, which lasted eight minutes.
The Eviation Alice as it makes one of two loops over the Grant County International Airport during its very first test flight on Tuesday. The plane will remain on the ground for the next few weeks while engineers with AeroTEC and Eviation analyze data from the flight test.
The Alice aircraft comes in for a landing after its first flight Tuesday morning.
MOSES LAKE — The very first test flight Tuesday morning of Eviation’s battery-powered Alice airplane only lasted about eight minutes. However, the implications for commercial flight could last for decades to come.
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