Pipistrel has announced that Type Canada has validated the type certificate for its currently produced Pipistrel Explorer, ...

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was the first to let pilots fly the Velis, awarding it a type certificate in ...

The FAA has granted a light-sport aircraft airworthiness exemption to Pipistrel’s two-seat, high-wing Velis Electro, which allows U.S. flight schools to operate the electric aircraft for flight ...

Tine Tomazic is in a great mood on this July afternoon. Pipistrel’s director of engineering and programmes is sitting on the balcony of Textron Aviation’s pavilion at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, ...

Pipistrel recently announced that the Velis Electro, Velis Club and Pipistrel Explorer have received type certificate ...

Slovenian aircraft maker Pipistrel recently delivered the first four Velis Electro fully-electric aircraft to US customers under a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness exemption that ...

The FAA's granting of an exemption to Textron eAviation means that Pipistrel Velis Electro owners and buyers can fly their electric-powered airplanes under light sport aircraft regulations without ...

The world's first type-certified electric aircraft, the Pipistrel Velis Electro, will be on loan to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for three years. Textron eAviation, which acquired ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), home to the Cessna, Beechcraft, and Bell aviation brands, today announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase Pipistrel, an ...