Pipistrel

Company says the model is intended for frequent instructor-student operations and can support training from the beginner level through more advanced phases.

Textron Aviation will display Cessna, Beechcraft, and Pipistrel aircraft together for the first time at Sun ’n Fun 2026.

South Korean certification opens door for electric aircraft operations in Asia.

Pipistrel President and Managing Director Gabriel Massey met up with AVweb at AirVenture 2023 to discuss the company’s trajectory, the flight training market for electric aircraft and how the MOSAIC proposal for updating LSA regulations could impact Pipistrel.

There’s so much buzz around the emergence of electric airplanes that it’s easy to forget what animates most of the enterprise is press releases. New airplane announcements fly fast and furious; the airplanes themselves, not so much. Cutting through this background noise is the innovative Slovenian company, Pipistrel. In 2020, as it promised it would, […]

In this podcast recorded at Aero 2023, Pipistrel President and Managing Director Gabriel Massey discusses the company’s first year as a Textron company, as well as current projects and timelines.

Mesa Airlines has placed a firm order for 29 Pipistrel Alpha Trainer 2 aircraft with options to buy an additional 75 aircraft over the next year. The trainers will be used to launch the Mesa Pilot Development Program (MPD), a new initiative intended to “close the pilot shortage gap” by helping qualified pilots build flight […]

Textron has entered into an agreement to purchase Slovenia-based aircraft developer and manufacturer Pipistrel. Pipistrel, which has long been on the forefront of the development of electric and hybrid electric aircraft, became the first company to earn a type certificate for a fully electric aircraft with the Velis Electro in June 2020. Following its acquisition […]

Pipistrel has announced that a hybrid-electric version of its four-seat Panthera has completed the first phase of its flight test campaign as part of Europe’s Modular Approach to Hybrid Electric Propulsion Architecture (MAHEPA) project. According to MAHEPA, the focus of the first flight test phase was powertrain and flight performance. The hybrid-electric Panthera demonstrator has […]

Florida Tech has announced that it has become the first U.S. university to own and fly an electric aircraft with the acquisition of a Pipistrel Velis Electro. While the model is not yet FAA-certified, the university intends to use the aircraft to “give students the opportunity for experiential research with cutting edge technology.” According to […]