Welcome to Electric Aero!
The goal of this site is to document and track the status of electric aviation as well as the potential electricity has on the aerospace sector.
This page is a work in progress…
Aviation
Just as with the automotive industry, the future of aviation will include hybrid electric and pure electric platforms.
About
My name is Emily Tilden, and I am a license private pilot with a passion for science, technology, aviation, and aerospace.
Blog
CAFE Green Flight Challenge
While living in Oregon back in 2009, a coworker told me about the CAFE Green Flight Challenge. This competition pushed the limits of efficiency, requiring participants to fly 200 miles in under 2 hours while consuming less than the equivalent power contained in 1 gallon of gasoline. This sounded exciting! We were both working full …
Pilot’s License
My high school yearbook stated that my desired future career was a “systems analyst or helicopter pilot”. After I got my first home computer, an Apple II in 1977, I quickly became a computer geek and a passionate programmer. A career related to computers was obviously in my future. While I got my college degree …
Contact
Electric Aero is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. To inquire about including content or links to your site, please email “contact@electric.aero”.