Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing

January 24, 2018

The recent and continuing development in technological state-of-the-art for electric motors, power electronics, and most importantly batteries has led to substantial interest in the design of flight vehicles with all-electric propulsion. In such vehicles, propulsive power requirements are met using electric batteries relative to fossil fuels limits the feasibility of all-electric propulsion for larger vehicles flying longer distances.

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First Air

With over 70 years of flying experience, First Air is the leading airline in Canada’s Arctic. Together with our partner airlines we provide scheduled services to over 30 northern communities from our southern gateways Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg and Edmonton. First Air operates a fleet of 17 aircraft; Boeing 737-400s, ATR 42-500s and ATR 42-300s carrying over 200,000 passengers a year. Our fleet supports daily scheduled passenger service as well as cargo services for over 17 million kilograms of cargo each year.

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