CEO Ivo Boscarol founded Pipistrel Aircraft in 1989

The two-seater Velis Electro is intended primarily for pilot training, according to Pipistrel

The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world’s first fully electric aircraft to be type-certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency

Power is delivered to the Velis Electro by a 345 VDC electric system built around a liquid-cooled in-house developed high-performance battery system

Pipistrel’s Velis X-Alpha VR is the world's first ultralight flight simulator to use virtual reality (VR) technology instead of monitors

The Velis Electro technical team won the AIAA 2021 Aircraft Design Award, which celebrates “an original concept leading to a significant advancement in aircraft design or design technology”

Unlike the start-up procedure of a conventionally powered airplane, the Velis Electro is powered-up by four switches and requires no warm-up time before take-off

Along with a green aviation focus, Pipistrel’s priorities include new technologies that will “make city transport more efficient, safer and cleaner”

Pipistrel's fully customisable Virus SW is a low-cost, high-speed cruiser that is “definitely the fastest high-wing aircraft family in its category”, said the company