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Cleared Direct Oct 19, 2026

The Pipistrel Velis Electro, the Type Certificate That Rewrote What Certification Means for Electric Aircraft, and the Training Fleet Question Every Flight School Has to Answer Before Avgas Runs Out

The Pipistrel Velis Electro became the world's first type-certificated electric aircraft in June 2020, and its limitations matter less than what it proved is possible.

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Cleared Direct Oct 15, 2026

The Pipistrel Velis Electro, the EASA Type Certificate That Made It the First Certified Electric Aircraft in History, and What Real-World Training Operations Have Taught Us About Electric Flight

The Pipistrel Velis Electro was the world's first type-certified electric aircraft, receiving its EASA type certificate on June 10, 2020.

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Cleared Direct Oct 9, 2026

The Pipistrel Velis Electro, the EASA Type Certificate, and the Certification Blueprint Every Electric Aircraft Is Following

The Pipistrel Velis Electro earned the world's first electric aircraft type certificate from EASA in June 2020, establishing the certification blueprint every eVTOL and electric aircraft program now follows.

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Cleared Direct Sep 30, 2026

The Pipistrel Velis Electro, the First Type Certificate Issued to an Electric Aircraft, and the Fifty-Minute Endurance That Reveals Both the Promise and the Limits of Electric Flight Training

The Pipistrel Velis Electro became the world's first type-certified electric aircraft in June 2020, offering 50-minute training endurance and dramatically lower operating costs than piston trainers.

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Cleared Direct Sep 7, 2026

The Pipistrel Velis Electro, EASA's First Type-Certified Electric Trainer, and What Six Years of Flight School Data Tell Us About the Electric Revolution

Six years of European flight school data on the world's first type-certified electric aircraft reveal what electric training actually looks like in practice.

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Cleared Direct Sep 7, 2026

The Pipistrel Velis Electro, the First Type Certificate for an Electric Aircraft, and the Regulatory Mountain That Nobody Had a Map For

The Pipistrel Velis Electro became the world's first fully electric aircraft to receive a production type certificate, issued by EASA on June 9, 2020.

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Cleared Direct Apr 24, 2026

The Pipistrel Velis Electro and the only type-certified electric airplane on Earth

The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world's only type-certified electric airplane, already training students at flight schools across Europe.

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