I have some bad news for general aviation, experimental aviaiton, and electric flight. Forgive me if someone else has posted this, I just heard about it tonight leaving my home airport.
Jackson Edwards, known as "Farfle" on the back country pilot aviation forum and perhaps also on this forum, passed away last Saturday. He was the young man who built a Belite and developed a really neat electric power system for it. The aircraft had flown several times as an electric pwoered aircraft, and recently he had switched back to a 2-stroke gasoline engine. Perhaps for comparison, perhaps because he was not happy with the electric system.
Apparently on the first or one of the first flights, the 2-stroke quit on him after takeoff, and (exact circumstances unknown) he crashed just off the runway. Jackson was 27 years old, and was positioned to be a tremendous asset to electric flight, experimental aircraft, and flying in general. This is a big loss for us, a younger guy with significant talent and capabilities.
I did not know him, but Aram (his partner in a C-172) is based as my home airport, and is a member of our EAA chapter.
Jackson Henry Edwards October 12th, 1992 ~ August 29th, 2020 (age 27) Jackson Henry Edwards, 27, of Redmond, Oregon passed away o...
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