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The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.
 

The all-electric Cri-Cri demonstrator aerobatic plane completed its first flight today at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris.


(credit: EADS)

The single-seat aircraft developed by EADS's Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintone and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:13 local time and landed seven minutes later. EADS says "all systems performed well."

Didier Esteyne, the pilot, notes that the aircraft performed well and operated "more quietly" than a regularly powered aircraft.

Actual aerobatic flights are still some time off, though, he notes. For that, five flight hours have to be logged and at least 15 landings. Eventually, the aircraft should deliver 30 min. of cruise at 110 km/h speed or 15 min. of autonomous aerobatics at up to 250 km/h. The cimb rate should reach 5.3 min/sec.

EADS views the Cri-Cri as a testbed "for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," says Jean Botti, the company's chief technical officer.