The Future of Flight

Is very firmly with us and at Old Buckenham remains the UK's home for electric flight. The two Pipistrel Velis Electros you see here are part of NEBO Air's pioneering fleet - the Velis was the first type approved aircraft ever and they are in use up and down the country undertaking training, testing and generally being flown about like all other mainstream aircraft.

Our electric aircraft charger was the first to be publicly available in the UK and still no other airfield advertises their electricity rate next to that for conventional fossil fuel. The best part is (and it was the fourth charger in the World to do this) all the power is solar. There's a lot of power too. If you think you can charge your car quickly at electric forecourts, it's nothing by comparison to the three phase powerhouse which has been with us for years.

The NEBO Air Electric Arrows are the world's only electric display team. Sam Whatmough and Alex Reynier are back with their ground breaking display and this year there may well be a bit of a twist and another world first. We don't fully know yet, so will keep that a bit cryptic.

Another electric aircraft will be on display - NUNCATS Zenith Skyjeep. The first airframe is back and many wondered where it was last year - the answer was the worlds largest aviation gathering at Osh Kosh. Airframes 2 and 3 are well under way at NUNCATS research, development and manufacturing facility at Old Buckenham.

You can see them, NEBO and some other ground breaking firsts (we're being cryptic again with good reason) at the Future of Flight area. You can also see the Electric Arrows in the sky, performing all manner of antics, on both days.