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 is on permanent display at the Musée de l'air et de l'espace in Paris le Bourget, France. [8]
Chrétien has been pioneering electromagnetic transmissions [9] and hybrid propulsion applied to aircraft since 2002 [10] [11] and holds several patents in the field. [12] Chrétien obtained commercial helicopter pilot licences in Canada and Australia, in 1993 and 1994, respectively. He has aerial work and aircraft testing experience. [13]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Chretien, Pascal, M.E. (undated), Paving the way to hybrid helicopters, retrieved 9 May 2013
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- ^ "Challenges of Aircraft Hybridization". IDTechEx. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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