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 crewed 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] The prototype^[8] is on permanent display at the Musée de l'air et de l'espace in Paris le Bourget, France.^[9]

Chrétien has been pioneering electromagnetic transmissions^[10] and hybrid propulsion applied to aircraft since 2002^[11]^[12] and holds several patents in the field.^[13] Chrétien obtained commercial helicopter pilot licences in Canada and Australia, in 1993 and 1994, respectively. He has aerial work and aircraft testing experience.^[14]

World's First manned electric helicopter

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^ First manned electric helicopter flies
^ "Modern-day aviation pioneer achieves world's first untethered, manned electric helicopter flight". Gizmag.com. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
^ Designer of Electric Helo Reflects on 2011 Flight Tests
^ "Vertiflite First Electric Helicopter April 2012". Scribd.com. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
^ "1ère Mondiale en Provence : le premier hélicoptère électrique". Solutionf.fr. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
^ Guinness World Records (2013) First electric helicopter, retrieved 9 May 2013
^ "Electric Vehicles Land, Sea and Air USA 2012 - Award winners". Electric Vehicles Research. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
^ Vertical Flight Society Solution F Helicopter
^ Air and Space Museum First electric helicopter
^ NASA Aeronautics Mission Directorate FY11 Seedling Phase I Technical Seminar; Page 19
^ Dubois, Thierry. "Electric Helo Designer Pitches Hybrid Powertrain For Future Helo Power | Aviation International News". Ainonline.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Chretien, Pascal, M.E. (undated), Paving the way to hybrid helicopters, retrieved 9 May 2013
^ Espacenet (4 April 2017), [1], retrieved 2 April 2017
^ "Challenges of Aircraft Hybridization". IDTechEx. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

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[1] First manned electric helicopter flies

[2] "Modern-day aviation pioneer achieves world's first untethered, manned electric helicopter flight". Gizmag.com. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

[3] Designer of Electric Helo Reflects on 2011 Flight Tests

[4] "Vertiflite First Electric Helicopter April 2012". Scribd.com. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

[5] "1ère Mondiale en Provence : le premier hélicoptère électrique". Solutionf.fr. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

[6] Guinness World Records (2013) First electric helicopter, retrieved 9 May 2013

[7] "Electric Vehicles Land, Sea and Air USA 2012 - Award winners". Electric Vehicles Research. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

[8] Vertical Flight Society Solution F Helicopter

[9] Air and Space Museum First electric helicopter

[10] NASA Aeronautics Mission Directorate FY11 Seedling Phase I Technical Seminar; Page 19

[11] Dubois, Thierry. "Electric Helo Designer Pitches Hybrid Powertrain For Future Helo Power | Aviation International News". Ainonline.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[12] Chretien, Pascal, M.E. (undated), Paving the way to hybrid helicopters, retrieved 9 May 2013

[13] Espacenet (4 April 2017), [1], retrieved 2 April 2017

[14] "Challenges of Aircraft Hybridization". IDTechEx. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

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