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French Firm Makes Electric Helo Flight
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Solution F, a company based near Aix-en-Provence, France, claims to have made the first flight of a manned
Subject Area
Business Aviation
Channel
Rotorcraft
Rotorcraft
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Solution F, a company based near Aix-en-Provence, France, claims to have made the first flight of a manned
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Solution F, a company based near Aix-en-Provence, France, claims to have made the first flight of a manned, electrically powered helicopter with on-board batteries. It took off on August 12, maintaining a hover for two minutes and 10 seconds. The project leader was engineer and helicopter pilot Pascal Chrétien.

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AIN Story ID
013AHeloNewsAIN1211
Writer(s) - Credited
Thierry Dubois
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Rotorcraft
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