George Bye to Speak at CAFE Foundation’s EAS2017
July 18, 2017
DENVER – July 18, 2017 – George Bye, CEO of the company developing the Sun Flyer family of electric aircraft, will be the featured speaker at 11:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 23, during EAS2017 sponsored by the CAFE Foundation.EAS2017, July 22-23 at the University of Wisconsin Alumni Welcome and Conference Center in Oshkosh, will feature presentations on the revolution in urban air mobility as a case study in early-entry practical market opportunities in all-electric, hybrid and autonomous flight.“We are grateful to the CAFE Foundation for their recognition of the impact of the Sun Flyer program,” Bye said. “We believe the Sun Flyer family of aircraft, especially the soon-to-be-announced Sun Flyer 4, will have a significant impact on the revolution in urban air mobility, given the many benefits, including the low operating costs associated with electric flight.”
Sun Flyer will be the first FAA-certified, U.S.-sponsored, practical, all-electric airplane to serve the flight training and general aviation markets. It features a low operating cost, low aircraft unit cost, low noise and the elimination of exhaust pollutants. Electric energy, or “fuel,” cost for Sun Flyer is multiples lower compared to the per-hour cost for piston-engine leaded avgas.
The prototype two-seat Sun Flyer, called “Sun Flyer 2,” will be on static display in Booth #19 (near the entrance) at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 24-30.
About Aero Electric aircraft corp.AEAC is developing Sun Flyer, the first FAA-certified U.S.-sponsored, practical, all-electric airplane serving general aviation and the aviation flight training market. For more information, go to www.SunFlyer.com. ABOUT GEORGE BYEGeorge Bye, an aviation pioneer, is the CEO and Founder of AEAC. Among his aircraft designs are a small solar-electric hybrid UAV, electric aircraft and technologies and the new, solar-electric hybrid UAV program, StratoAirNet and Silent Guardian. Previously, he launched, developed and led the Company designing the Javelin, a transonic two-seat jet for military and civil utility. Bye has a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Washington, is an ATP rated pilot and has logged over 4,000 flying hours. He was a USAF instructor pilot in the supersonic T-38 for Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, C-141B Instructor Aircraft Commander and is a veteran of Desert Storm. For more information go to www.GeorgeBye.com.
