{"id":162401,"date":"2024-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=162401"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:25:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:25:45","slug":"commander-test-pilots-evaluate-new-electric-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=162401","title":{"rendered":"Commander, test pilots evaluate new electric aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>Geraghty complimented the aircraft, the quiet flight and how lightweight the Electro turned out to be. Instead of towing the 1,000-pound aircraft, Geraghty pushed it out to the flightline himself before the flight. He also added it was much easier to get in and out of than an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104505\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/strong><\/a> to its list of benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Geraghty, along with other Eglin AFB test pilots, flew the twin-seat Electro with an instructor for approximately 45 minutes each consisting of pattern work, area maneuvering, and stalls. Afterward, they provided specific feedback and observations about the flight called qualitative evaluations that drew from their unique test experience.<\/p>\n<p>The information gathered from the QEs, which will happen throughout the year, will clarify and validate expectations about electric aviation usage.<\/p>\n<p>These flights were part of another 413th Flight Test Squadron and <a href=\"https:\/\/afwerx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AFWERX<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0partnership. The 96th TW unit provided the location and logistics, while AFWERX funded the operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEglin offers a unique blend of airspace, test pilots, charging infrastructure, and prior electric aircraft experience that swayed a QE deployment to the Florida panhandle,\u201d said Lt. Col. John Tekell, AFWERX\u2019s Agility Prime lead.<\/p>\n<p>AFWERX, the Air Force\u2019s innovation arm, has four different aircraft types it plans to deploy for QE analysis at various Air Force bases throughout this fiscal year to gather more QE data about electric airplanes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-split ntext breakout \">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<section class=\"ast-brandedhr\">\n<div class=\"ast-brandedhr-line\">\n<p>                <title>U.S. Air Force Logo<\/title><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geraghty complimented the aircraft, the quiet flight and how lightweight the Electro turned out to be. Instead of towing the 1,000-pound aircraft, Geraghty pushed it out to the flightline himself before the flight. He also added it was much easier to get in and out of than an F-16 Fighting Falcon to its list of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":162403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162401"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162404,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162401\/revisions\/162404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/162403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}