<p>Charles Alcock is managing editor of the AIN Media Group, having rejoined the company in 2019. He has been an aviation journalist since 1986, and previously worked for AIN from 1990 to 2017, most recently as editor-in-chief. His main focus is on covering new aviation technology and business models, as well as international news.</p>
<p>Having been raised in the London area, Alcock studied at the University of Manchester in the UK and earned an honors degree in Politics and Modern History. He speaks English and French, and some German.</p>


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<p>For<strong> FutureFlight</strong> editor Hanneke Weitering, witnessing the long-awaited first flight of Eviation's <a href="https://www.futureflight.aero/aircraft-program/alice">Alice </a>electric aircraft meant a trip from her Seattle area base to Moses Lake in Washington state and a pre-dawn start. The <a href="https://futureflight.aero/news-article/2022-09-27/eviations-alice-electric-aircraft-starts-flight-test-campaign">flight itself </a>only last eight minutes but the visit yielded significant new information about the program as she shared in a video discussion.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The company has acknowledged that limitations of current battery technology have meant a reduction in its initial range target to 250 nm in VFR conditions. It says that meets expectations of early airline customers for the nine-seat aircraft, with type certification now pushed back to 2027.</p>
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Eviation's Alice electric aircraft made its first flight from Moses Lake in Washington state on September 27, 2022. (Image: Eviation)

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