Capital Daily:
For a $20 bill, one applicant will ascend into the sky in a Velis Electro. That person will become the first in Canada ever to purchase a flight in an e-plane, and will take the controls in the air under an instructor’s stewardship.
Campbell River's Sealand flight school bought the Velis early this year, and is hosting a contest to decide who will get the first lesson in it. The company will pick a winner, who must have no previous flight experience, based on 300-word submissions, by Wednesday.
The decade-old flight school gained permission from Transport Canada to fly the plane commercially. Students this summer will train from intro- up to solo-level flying, and will switch over to a typical plane engine after that, per 100.7 The Raven, as part of the agreement with Transport.
Another electric flight milestone for Island
The first-ever electric flight was executed in Richmond in 2019 by Harbour Air, which in 2022 followed up with the first point-to-point electric flight. That 24-minute trip touched down in the Saanich Inlet near YYJ. Several factors make the Salish Sea one of the most optimal places in the world for electric flight.
Passenger flights could come to Vic in 2026
Harbour Air announced in April that it is buying 50 electric engines, and it intends to be flying passengers by 2026. Victoria-based HeliJet also plans to be carrying passengers on e-flights by 2026, but using the eVOTL helicopter equivalents rather than seaplanes.
It’s official! We’ve received all necessary approvals from Transport Canada to begin flight training in our Pipistrel Velis Electro!
On June 14th, we will conduct Canada’s first-ever commercial flight in an electric aircraft. This will mark a new era in Canadian aviation.
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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 June 2024 - 05:31 AM.