MONTREAL — As temperatures notched record highs in Britain, CAE Inc. unveiled plans at a trade exhibition there to train future pilots in electric planes amid…
Helene Gagnon, CAE’s head of sustainable development, said in a phone interview the company will be the first to operate test planes, which will use an electric motor and battery system.Gagnon declined to pinpoint a timeline for conversion of the four-seat Piper Archer planes, noting that technological and regulatory details need to be worked out.Article content
“It’s a few years from now,” she said. “Is it one year, three years, five years? We are in that range, it’s not in a lot of time. We are starting now. We’ll see a difference quite quickly.” The announcement alongside Florida-based Piper Aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow in the United Kingdom comes amid record heat in England, and as discussions around greenhouse gas emissions and carbon neutrality monopolized attention among major industry players at the event that was last held in 2018.
“When you stand next to a runway and it’s 40.2 C, trust me, it’s on everyone’s mind that we need to do more,” he told reporters Tuesday.“Canada can be the green supplier of choice to the aviation industry.”Share this article in your social network
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