Work Begins on Electric Skyhawk Trainer
By Bill Garvey william_garvey@aviationweek.com
A battery-powered Cessna 172 trainer? George Bye told Aviation Week yesterday that the technology already exists to produce just such an aircraft and, accordingly, the training market is a primary target for his avgas-less aspirations.
The founder and CEO of Bye Energy, Inc., a “clean energy solutions integrator for general aviation,” says his company will have a battery-powered N-model Skyhawk flying out ...