Bye Aerospace edges closer to next step in critical design phase of its eFlyer aircraft

Bye Aero­space is near­ing com­ple­tion of the crit­i­cal design phase of its eFly­er elec­tric air­craft, and has said sev­er­al new pur­chase deposits have been added to reserve future eFly­er pur­chase posi­tions.

A crit­i­cal design review (CDR) is a mul­ti-dis­ci­plined tech­ni­cal review to ensure that each eFly­er 2 pri­ma­ry sys­tem can pro­ceed into fab­ri­ca­tion, demon­stra­tion and test. 

The CDR review also meets the FAA 14 CFR 23 Amend­ment 64 cer­ti­fi­ca­tion stan­dards and per­for­mance require­ments with­in the eFly­er 2 cost, sched­ule and safe­ty cri­te­ria. A major indus­try and pro­gramme mile­stone, a suc­cess­ful CDR is pred­i­cat­ed upon a deter­mi­na­tion that the eFly­er 2 design is ready to achieve these goals.

“I’m grate­ful to our remark­able team of engi­neers, des­ig­nat­ed engi­neer­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tives, our devel­op­ment part­ners and sup­pli­ers for their sup­port in the engi­neer­ing progress of eFly­er 2,” said George E. Bye, CEO of Bye Aero­space. 

“This impor­tant upcom­ing avi­a­tion indus­try mile­stone is a reflec­tion of the team’s incred­i­ble ded­i­ca­tion and hard work.”

In addi­tion to approach­ing the engi­neer­ing mile­stone, Bye Aero­space report­ed the mar­ket con­tin­ues to respond to the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reserve deliv­ery posi­tions for the game-chang­ing all-elec­tric eFly­er air­craft.

Its pur­chase reser­va­tion total, includ­ing the new agree­ments, now stands at 330 units. The com­pa­ny report­ed an exist­ing flight school cus­tomer based in Cal­i­for­nia added a pur­chase deposit for one eFly­er and an agree­ment for anoth­er eFly­er deposit to be made lat­er this year. 

A fly­ing club also made a pur­chase deposit for an eFly­er 2 to add to its air­craft port­fo­lio.  In addi­tion, a pur­chase deposit agree­ment was signed for a mix of 10 eFly­er 2’s and 10 eFly­er 4’s for a new avi­a­tion enti­ty with excit­ing plans for putting eFly­ers to use in indus­try.

The new com­pa­ny also select­ed Bye Aero­space for a mul­ti-engine require­ment, reserv­ing two units with pur­chase deposits of a future all-elec­tric six to nine-seat air­plane.

Bye said the ben­e­fits of elec­tric avi­a­tion, includ­ing sig­nif­i­cant­ly low­er oper­at­ing costs, zero emis­sions and decreased noise, will con­tin­ue to pro­vide momen­tum for the industry’s future.

“My sin­cere thanks to our cus­tomers for their com­mit­ment to the future of elec­tric avi­a­tion beyond the near-term impact of these uncer­tain times,” Bye said. “We con­tin­ue to look to a bright future ahead.”