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Bye Starts Production for eFlyer Electric Aircraft, Closing in on FAA Certification
The electric aircraft pioneer may be among the first to complete FAA type certification.
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2
Bye Aerospace has started series production of its two-seat eFlyer 2 electric aircraft. (Photo: Bye Aerospace)

Bye Aerospace has started building series production examples of its two-seat, all-electric eFlyer 2 aircraft. The U.S. company said that the first three production aircraft will be used to support the completion of the final stages of FAA Part 23 type certification.

On January 26, Colorado-based Bye Aerospace also announced that it has signed a contract with Composites Universal Group covering assembly of the eFlyer 2’s fuselage. The Oregon-based company has more than 26 years of experience in making components and assemblies for experimental aircraft, as well as for a wide variety of aerospace, transportation, marine, and industrial products. It made the fuselage for Airbus’s Vahana eVTOL technology demonstrator and is also involved in manufacturing unmanned aircraft.

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