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News: Airbus/Daher E-Fan Demonstrator Makes Channel Crossing

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  1. Airbus/Daher E-Fan 1.0 Demonstrator Completes Channel Crossing

    As part of the all-electric aircraft program launched by Airbus Group, Daher is responsible for the design and certification of the first electrically-propelled twin-seater training aircraft. This is a first concrete application of the program, with E-Fan 2.0 to be series-built and marketed as a trainer aircraft. E-Fan 2.0aims to be first electric aircraft certified by the European civil aviation authorities, and the first all-electric aircraft designed specifically for pilot training, and will therefore be setting an international standard. One goal of the program is also to open the way for applications of electricity on larger aircraft. Daher - together with the French Directorate-General for Civil Aviation - is also in charge of defining the operational rules applicable to this initial training aircraft.

  2. "The success of this Channel crossing by the E-Fan 1.0 is a milestone that confirms the viability of the all-electric aircraft concept, in the same way that Louis Blériot demonstrated 106 years ago with the same flight that the aeroplane could become a means of transportation. So this is a program of great importance for the future, not only for the aerospace industry, but also for all the advanced technology industries where the effective control of electrical energy is the strategic factor", explained Didier Kayat, Deputy CEO of Daher.

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