This Day in History: 2018-01-02

The first serially-built Pipistrel Alpha Electro took flight in Australia on 2 January 2018. The electric-powered aircraft, which received a Special Certificate of Airworthiness from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in October 2017, took off from Perth’s Jandakot Airport and conducted two circuits around Jandakot. It then went on to complete another seven hours of flying over the following two days before being handed over to Electro.Aero, the aircraft’s operator. Source: pipistrel-aircraft.com