First Australian electric plane set for take-off

Adelaide company Eyre to There Aviation is planning to be Australia’s first manufacturer of electric aircraft after signing an agreement with a European designer.   Barrie Rogers plans to build Australia’s first electric planes.Company managing director Barrie Rogers said his fully electric airplane, designed by Pipistrel in Slovenia, was set to take off in the flight training market.  He said his company would initially import 15 assembled aircraft with plans to establish an assembly line in Adelaide to manufacture up to 100 aircraft a year.  The first of the planes is already in Adelaide with its maiden South Australian flight taking place this month.  One