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• Eviation has completed the Conceptual Design Review of the all-electric Alice aircraft
• The review is a significant milestone toward certification and commercialization of Alice
• Production Aircraft design of Alice optimized for certification, streamlined manufacturing, and to provide a best-in-class passenger experience

ARLINGTON, Wa., U.S., April 25, 2024 – Eviation Aircraft, a manufacturer of all-electric aircraft, today announced that it has completed the Conceptual Design Review (CoDR) of the Alice aircraft. The review is a significant milestone, assuring a configuration that is both certifiable and enables streamlined manufacturing. It maintains Alice’s signature look, while optimizing performance, and further enhancing its unmatched cabin experience.

The CoDR, conducted with the support of TLG Aerospace, built on the extensive data gathered from Alice’s pioneering 2022 flight, wind tunnel testing recently completed at the Kirsten Wind Tunnel in Seattle, feedback from Eviation’s customer advisory board, and months of engineering work.

Features introduced in the Production Aircraft design include:

• a constant cross section that reduces Alice’s part count and manufacturing costs, while also enabling future variants of the aircraft
• structural segments designed for field re-assembly with standard tooling available to Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services
• a larger, centralized Energy Storage System (ESS) compartment above the wing that can integrate a range of ESS solutions now and in the future, in addition to streamlining certification
• optimized cabin space allowing for a side mounted carry-on stowage compartment unique in the commuter class

Creating the Future of Flight
With orders totaling more than US$ 5 billion, the all-electric Alice is pioneering a new era of sustainable air travel. Alice’s 9-seat commuter and cargo versions are designed to delight customers and passengers with innovative technology and beautiful design, while also providing carbon-free, cost-effective, and convenient point-to-point travel.

“Completing the Conceptual Design Review is a major step in Alice’s journey, moving us significantly closer to aircraft certification and Entry Into Service,” said Andre Stein, CEO of Eviation. “The latest refinements have further enhanced the exceptional design of Alice, which has received orders from operators around the world keen to decarbonize their fleets. This is an exciting year for Eviation, as Alice makes tremendous strides toward making the electric aviation revolution a commercial reality.”

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About Eviation Aircraft
Based in Washington State, Eviation Aircraft Inc. develops and manufactures electric aircraft to delight operators and passengers with green, cost efficient and convenient regional transportation. Its electric propulsion units, high-energy-density batteries, mission-driven energy management, and innovative airframe are designed from the ground up for electric flight. Please visit us at www.eviation.com.

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Seattle, Wa., Mar. 7, 2024 – Eviation has marked a new milestone towards Alice’s certification and entry-into-service. Eviation completed wind tunnel testing of an Alice prototype at the University of Washington’s Kirsten Wind Tunnel in Seattle. With more than 400 runs completed and almost 9000 individual test data points, the testing has provided rich data to validate Alice’s production design. The test data complements data gathered during Alice’s pioneering first flight in 2022, and is another significant step forward in bringing zero emissions flight to passengers everywhere.

Anaheim, Ca., U.S., Sept. 30, 2023 – Test pilot Steve Crane has won the prestigious Iven C. Kincheloe Award for his role in the successful first flight of Eviation’s Alice. The award, given by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), recognizes outstanding accomplishment by a test pilot in conducting a test flight.

Crane received the award at the SETP 67^th Annual Awards Banquet in Anaheim, California on 30 September 2023. Crane and Eviation join a select group of aerospace pioneers and legends to have won the award, including Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, who were honored for the Apollo XI moon landing and return to Earth. The names of Crane and Eviation will both be added to those of their illustrious predecessors on the Kincheloe award trophy kept at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

A Major Milestone in Aviation History
“Steve worked directly with two flight test engineers, a small cadre of design engineers, and business leadership to maintain steady progress towards a safe first flight,” noted the SETP in presenting the Kincheloe Award to Crane. “Steve’s contribution to the aircraft program was invaluable, and ultimately culminated in his flawless first flight of the Alice, representing a major milestone for electric aviation and the future of air mobility.”

Crane flew the nine-seater Alice on its maiden flight on 27 September 2022 in Washington State, making it the world’s first flight-tested all-electric commuter aircraft. The Alice flew for eight minutes at an altitude of 3,500 feet.

“Receiving the Kincheloe was a wonderful honor and recognition for the amazing accomplishment that our Eviation team achieved with the successful first flight of Alice,” said Crane in accepting the award. “We set the bar for commercial electric aviation that others will be measured against. It’s tremendously important that we keep moving that bar ever higher. Now is the time to continue the journey of making electric aviation the wave of the future. I’m so very humbled to be a part of this team and look forward to what we’ll do together in the years to come.”

The award is named for U.S. Air Force pilot Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe, an ace pilot in the Korean War who went on to become a test pilot, setting an altitude record of 126,000 feet in 1956. This suborbital flight earned Kincheloe the nickname “The First Spaceman”. He was killed in a crash during a test flight in 1958 and the SETP named the award in his honor. Other past recipients include Scott Crossfield, who was selected for his role in the X-15 program, and John Young and Robert Crippen for the first Space Shuttle flight.

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