Catherine Check has been learning to fly in the Sealand Flight school’s Velis Electro
A Campbell River resident is celebrating the milestone of becoming Canada’s first-ever student pilot to fly solo in an electric airplane.
On Dec. 18, with about 10 hours of training experience, the 18-year-old became the country's first-ever student pilot to fly solo in an electric airplane. "It's really safe in my opinion," she said."Because it's a glider, it's not going to go in a nosedive."
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