Aircraft
Whisper Aero Flies Electric Glider on Its Quiet Fans
Powered Swift logs first flights as start-up eyes civil and defense markets
Whisper’s powered glider is pictured in flight
A single-seat Aériane Swift 3 glider, modified with two Whisper eQ250 electric ducted fans, made its first flights in August 2026. © Whisper Aero

An experimental glider aircraft equipped with two of Whisper Aero’s eQ250 electric ducted fans has achieved its first flights, the company announced today.

Whisper conducted the flights last week at its flight-test facility in Crossville, Tennessee. Test pilot Zac Majors flew the aircraft, called the Whisper Powered Swift, across three flights totaling more than 130 minutes in the air. The company said the flight-test campaign met all planned test objectives.

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