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2008 Electric Aircraft Symposium
April 29, 2008
The CAFE Foundation's 2nd Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium saw presentations that justify the rapidly increasing interest in Green personal air travel. Sponsored by Foundation Capital, the April 26, 2008 meeting assembled an outstanding faculty to discuss the many aspects of electric-powered flight. It included an remarkable announcement by the Experimental Aircraft Association that it has filed a request for the FAA to allow electric propulsion in low cost aircraft. Learn more about this event.
2008 GAT Challenge Announced
CAFE is proud to announce the 2008 flight competition successor to the PAV Centennial Challenge. The new competition embodies many important goals for the future of general aviation and is consequently named the General Aviation Technology Challenge. Learn more about this event.
Dedicated to Advances in Personal Aircraft
For over 25 years the aviation enthusiasts at the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation have been carefully measuring personal aircraft performance with innovations in flight testing. Their passion for this stems from the thrill of working with state-of-the-art aircraft and the geniuses who create them.
Out of this passion has emerged a unique and knowledgeable team [Meet the CAFE Board] that is honored and thrilled to have been selected by NASA to host the great Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) Challenge.
Beginning with the CAFE 400 races of the 1980's, CAFE evolved into an independent flight test agency supported by grants from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the FAA. CAFE's work has gone beyond simple measurement of speed and MPG and expanded into innovative research in engines, propulsion and aerodynamics. It has been published in numerous journals and magazines and can be found here.
As a non-profit educational foundation, CAFE is actively working to raise the funds necessary to make NASA's great PAV Centennial Challenge happen. Please check out how you can support personal aviation at here.
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