Electric R44 helicopter paves way for organ delivery 18.04.2019
+VIDEO A battery-powered electric Robinson R44 helicopter made its first flight in California recently. The electric conversion was created by Tier 1 Engineering as part of a project to produce an Electrically-Powered Semi-Autonomous Rotorcraft for Organ Delivery (EPSAROD). The first flight was manned and flown by Captain Ric Webb of OC Helicopters, a charter company, at Los Alamitos Army Airfield. “I’m very pleased to achieve this historic breakthrough in aviation,” said Glen Dromgoole, President of Costa Mesa-based Tier 1 Engineering….