Flight Design's Tom Peghiny

Flight Design’s Tom Peghiny

Editorial Staff

Friday, August 07, 2009 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Tom Peghiny discussed his experience flying the electric Flightstar eSpyder ultralight at AirVenture.
The podcast covers Flight Design's progress, the future of electric flight, and hybrid engines.
Two related AVweb videos, one showing the eSpyder's first flight and another featuring the Sunseeker, are mentioned.
The podcast is available for download as an MP3 file.

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Tom Peghiny, just back from a long and exhausting week at AirVenture, talked with AVweb‘s Mary Grady about reaction to the Flightstar eSpyder ultralight, powered by a Yuneec electric motor, which he flew at Oshkosh. Plus conversation about how things are going at Flight Design, the future of electric flight, hybrid engines, and more.

Related Content – Two AVweb Videos Mentioned in This Podcast:

First flight of the eSpyder (video).
2007 AVweb video on the Sunseeker.

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