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Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
« on: November 19, 2023, 11:57:02 am »
Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
Nov. 16, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley

The Air Force and contractor BETA Technologies started flight testing “Alia,” a sleek, quiet, electric aircraft, last week at Duke Field, Fla.

The electric aircraft, delivered to Duke Field on Oct. 26, is owned and operated by BETA crew, but the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron, wrote the test and safety plan.


On Nov. 7, Alia flew 68 nautical miles from Duke to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla,, landed and recharged, and returned. The aircraft took about an hour to fully recharge.

“This process is similar to the military flight operation, hot-pitting, where an aircraft flies a mission, lands for refueling and then flies again. Only with Alia, the fuel is electricity,” the service noted in a release.

It was also the aircraft’s first mission without being accompanied by a chase aircraft.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/electric-aircraft-alia-starts-flight-testing-usaf-base/
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Re: Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2023, 11:58:51 am »
It looks like it will be perfect for-------for------for------something! 8888forgot
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Re: Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2023, 03:14:43 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on November 19, 2023, 11:58:51 am
It looks like it will be perfect for-------for------for------something! 8888forgot
Finally, something to replace the carrier pigeon!
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Re: Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2023, 11:50:03 am »
When it crashes at least the signal fire will burn for days to help the AF find the downed aircraft.
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Re: Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2023, 12:55:38 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on November 20, 2023, 11:50:03 am
When it crashes at least the signal fire will burn for days to help the AF find the downed aircraft.
Nah. The ensuing wildlands fire will be blamed on climate change.
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Re: Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2023, 01:01:58 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on November 19, 2023, 11:57:02 am
Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
Nov. 16, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley

The Air Force and contractor BETA Technologies started flight testing “Alia,” a sleek, quiet, electric aircraft, last week at Duke Field, Fla.

The electric aircraft, delivered to Duke Field on Oct. 26, is owned and operated by BETA crew, but the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron, wrote the test and safety plan.


On Nov. 7, Alia flew 68 nautical miles from Duke to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla,, landed and recharged, and returned. The aircraft took about an hour to fully recharge.

“This process is similar to the military flight operation, hot-pitting, where an aircraft flies a mission, lands for refueling and then flies again. Only with Alia, the fuel is electricity,” the service noted in a release.

It was also the aircraft’s first mission without being accompanied by a chase aircraft.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/electric-aircraft-alia-starts-flight-testing-usaf-base/
"Hot pitting" is when an aircraft returns from a sortie, heads straight to a refueling location and refuels with engine(s) running then takes off on another sortie. Refueling can take about 15 minutes to a couple of hours depending on the size of aircraft. Hot pitting is typically done only with fighter aircraft, not trash haulers, though it has been done in order to expedite departure times.

Shutting an aircraft down, "recharging" for an hour and then taking off again is a "thru-flight". Bunch of damned nonsensical propaganda.
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Re: Electric Aircraft Starts Flight Testing at USAF Base with Its Own Version of ‘Hot Pitting’
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2023, 01:03:27 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 20, 2023, 12:55:38 pm
Nah. The ensuing wildlands fire will be blamed on climate change.

True!
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