{"id":2984,"date":"2011-03-24T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2011-03-24T17:00:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T00:00:36","slug":"elektra-one-video-and-a-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/elektra-one-video-and-a-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"Elektra One Video and a Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, your editor entered the press release and a photo of the PC Aero Elektra One in flight, noting that the landing gear was probably retracted to allow the low energy use reported by Calin Gologan, the plane&#8217;s designer.\u00a0 The video and its accompanying text belie that assumption, and promise even better performance when the airplane is reconfigured in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elektra One First Flight\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6aLyH_eSWz4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elektra One performed the first flight on 19 Mar. 2011 at the Augsburg Airport in Germany.\u00a0 Jon Karkow, a well known test pilot and aircraft engineer performed the first flight.\u00a0 Flight characteristics and engne parameter were tested. 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