160 Electric Aircraft 2020 and Why You’ll Want One - Interview with George Bye
Aviation News Talk – Pilot Stories, Safety Tips & General Aviation News
Glass Cockpit Publishing
4.8 • 730 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
160 George Bye has been on a 12-year quest to make electric aircraft a reality. He explains the many benefits to electric aircraft including aerodynamic efficiency since the aircraft nose can be smaller, improved propeller efficiency, vastly lower operating cost, no CO2, lower noise, and more reliable. He also discusses the purchase price and delivery timetable for the eFlyer 2.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, a weekly show with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Max Ruscott. |
| 0:10.4 | Today we'll be talking with George Bai of Buy Aerospace, who's been on a quest to make electric aircraft a reality. |
| 0:17.1 | I met George 10 years ago, and ever since I've been a believer in his vision that electric aircraft will play a big role in general aviation. |
| 0:25.5 | And George is here to explain why pilots like you will want to fly electric airplanes and when that will happen. |
| 0:32.3 | Now, last week in episode 159, we talked about the requirements for getting a weather briefing before you fly. |
| 0:38.1 | So if you miss that episode, you may want to check it out at AviationNewstalk.com |
| 0:42.1 | slash 159. |
| 0:43.9 | This week I videotaped our conversation with George By, and in that YouTube video, you can see |
| 0:49.4 | his EFlyar 2 aircraft flying. |
| 0:51.8 | You'll find a link to our YouTube channel in the show notes at |
| 0:54.5 | AviationNewstalk.com slash 160, and when you're watching the video, hit our YouTube |
| 0:59.9 | subscribe button in the lower right of the video. And at the very end of this show, I'll tell you |
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| 1:22.3 | You're going to love this episode with George By, so you won't want to miss future shows. |
| 1:26.6 | And now here's our conversation with George By. Now let me tell you a little bit about George By, so you won't want to miss future shows. And now here's our conversation |
| 1:27.8 | with George By. Now let me tell you a little bit about George By. George grew up in a flying |
| 1:33.7 | family where both parents were private pilots. He graduated from college with a degree in engineering. |
| 1:38.4 | He then served about 12 years in the Air Force where he was a T-38 instructor pilot, a C-147B aircraft commander and instructor pilot. |
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