Johannes, Peter and Floris are thrilled. The pilots are carrying out the first test flights for the scaled E9X demonstrator. It’s a world premiere — and if all goes to plan, their electric model plane could soon become a big passenger aircraft.
After a soft landing, the aircraft is still in one piece — and now the real adventure can begin: analysing the flight data in the Elysian Aircraft laboratory, which sits beside Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.