The Allplane Podcast #44 - the student-designed electric plane, with Danielle Gillam

A student team at the Technical University of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands is working on an electric plane.

Falcon Electric Aviation is an interesting example of student-led research and development programme in the field of green aviation and the coordinator of this initiative, 22-year old Danielle Gillam has been on the podcast to share some insights about it.

Tune in to listen to this first-person account of how this interesting initiative sprung out of the world of academia and which challenges lie ahead for these aerospace engineering students turned electric aviation entrepreneurs!

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Things we talk about in this episode:

  • What is Falcon Electric Aviation

  • How a student-team developed this project

  • Who supports Falcon EA

  • What are the next stages ahead for the Falcon Electric Aviation Team


Resources:

Falcon Electric Aviation

Technical University Eindhoven (TU/e)

Kempen airport

A couple of pics of the Cessna 150 being used by the Falcon Electric Aviation team:

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Interview Transcript

(please note that, although we strive to make it as close as possible to the original recording, the transcript may not be 100% accurate)

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