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Arlington firm's all-electric plane, Alice, takes first test flight
MOSES LAKE — Up, up and away! With a pale blue sky above and watchful eyes below, an Arlington company’s all-electric commuter airplane regally took its first test flight Tuesday morning, circling the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake for about eight minutes.
Eviation Aircraft’s nine-seat passenger plane, a clean sheet design built from the ground up, left the runway at 7:11 a.m. and landed eight minutes later at 7:19 a.m.
Hundreds of viewers, in-person and online, watched as test pilot Steve Crane guided the sleek white plane, known as Alice, through a series of gentle turns above the airport.
A live video feed followed the Arlington-built, twin-engine prototype through its relatively short but historic inaugural flight.
https://www.heraldnet.com/business/arlington-firms-all-electric-plane-takes-first-test-flight/