Pascal Chretien
Pascal Chrétien (born 7 April 1968) is a French-Australian commercial helicopter pilot and engineer with degrees in electronics and aerospace who designed, built and test flew the world’s first manned electric helicopter the Solution F/Chretien Helicopter on 12 August 2011.[1][2][3][4] The helicopter, built for the French company Solution F,[5] set a Guinness World Record and received the IDTechEx Electric Vehicles Land Sea & Air award.[6][7]
Chretien has been pioneering electromagnetic transmissions and hybrid propulsion applied to aircraft since 2002[8][9][10] and holds several patents in the field.[11] Chrétien obtained commercial helicopter pilot licenses in Canada and Australia, in 1993 and 1994, respectively. He has aerial work and aircraft testing experience.[12]
References
- ↑ First manned electric helicopter flies
- ↑ "Modern-day aviation pioneer achieves world's first untethered, manned electric helicopter flight". Gizmag.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ↑ Designer of Electric Helo Reflects on 2011 Flight Tests
- ↑ "Vertiflite First Electric Helicopter April 2012". Scribd.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ↑ "1ère Mondiale en Provence : le premier hélicoptère électrique". Solutionf.fr. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ↑ Guinness World Records (2013) First electric helicopter, retrieved 9 May 2013
- ↑ "Electric Vehicles Land, Sea and Air USA 2012 - Award winners". Electric Vehicles Research. 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ↑ Dubois, Thierry. "Electric Helo Designer Pitches Hybrid Powertrain For Future Helo Power | Aviation International News". Ainonline.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ↑ NASA (5 June 2012), Combined Electric Aircraft and Airspace Management Design for Metro-Regional Public Transportation, retrieved 9 May 2013
- ↑ Chretien, Pascal, M.E. (undated), Paving the way to hybrid helicopters, retrieved 9 May 2013
- ↑ "Espacenet - Home page". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ↑ "Challenges of Aircraft Hybridization". IDTechEx. Retrieved 2013-05-09.