It is a flight of only about thirty minutes but which makes history.
This Tuesday morning, aboard an electro Pipistrel Velis, Prince Albert II of Monaco became the very first head of state to take the air in a 100% electric plane, claimed Nice airport, from where left and where the aircraft landed.
The two-seater of the Slovenian firm, piloted by Raphaël Domjan, who was at the controls of the SolarStratos solar plane, took off at 9:30 am.
The "flight of about thirty minutes" will have led the sovereign "to the principality that he will have been able to fly over without noise or any CO2 emissions before returning to land on the tarmac of Nice", specifies the platform.
“It's great to fly without emitting CO2.
The development of electric aviation must continue so that the flights of tomorrow can integrate the use of electric motors, whether they are powered by battery or by fuel cell ”, reacted Prince Albert II of Monaco on his return. on the ground.
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