FLYER March 2022

Electric reality?

SPECIAL FEATURE | Rolls-Royce Electroflight ACCEL Project

Spirit in the sky The Rolls-Royce and Electroflight Spirit of Innovation smashed the world speed record for electric aircraft. Mark Greenfield worked with the team throughout and brings exclusive insight PHOTOGRAPHY Rolls-Royce & M ark Greenfield 26 | FLYER | March 2022

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FLYER March 2022

Published on Jan 19, 2022Airplanes

Flyer Digital Team

In this issue! The Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation smashed the world speed record for electric aircraft. Mark Greenfield worked with the team throughout – read his exclusive insight into the attempt… Let’s see. What could – indeed will – you achieve in 2022? Come and join FLYER’s new campaign #FLY2022, encouraging pilots to fly at least 2022 minutes in 2022 (that’s 33 hours 42 minutes)… Wading through Notam can be a pain but as Safety Editor Steve Ayres explores in Accident Analysis, there are a few reasons why doing so might just be worthwhile! Genesah Duffy’s instructor crashed the aircraft – straight after her first helicopter solo… find out more in this First Solo interview Geoff Hall of the Kent Microlight Aircraft Club takes us on an autumnal tour of the Garden of England’s golden wonders in this issue’s Flying Adventure In Top Gear, Ed Hicks gives thumbs up to the latest Quad Lock 360 system.