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Sawyer, an experienced pilot from Colorado, has one of the few electric small planes approved by the FAA. He wanted to fly home and travel, but was once again stopped due to local complaints.
CBS reported on the 26th that a man with 50 years of flying experiencecolorado Jonathan Sawyer owns a small electric plane and is one of the few pilots approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly it. He is currently trying to fly this small electric plane from his home to office. He said flying an electric plane for 16 minutes uses less energy than driving a Tesla.Tesla ) Low power consumption when going to work, and the energy saving effect is excellent.
Sawyer’s home is located on unincorporated land in Jefferson County, Colorado, and the garden’s decor reflects his love of aviation and his determination to push boundaries. Neighbor Patrick Sullivan said he admires Sawyer’s adventurous style of success. “That’s how America was built, to some extent.”
Seven years ago, Sawyer clashed with community residents and the County Council over noise caused by helicopters taking off and landing on his property. A Colorado court later upheld the county’s decision and banned Sawyer from flying helicopters.
“They were very aggressive and I lost the case,” Sawyer said.
The ban on helicopter use did not stop Sawyer from looking for other ways to fly. He purchased a small electric aircraft and became one of the few pilots in the country approved by the FAA to fly this aircraft.
He said that after purchasing the electric plane, he talked to his neighbors and explained that their previous objections to helicopters were due to noise and gasoline. “Electric planes don’t have both of these problems at all.”
Sullivan said that if you don’t watch carefully or listen carefully, you won’t notice the arrival and departure of electric aircraft at all.
Sawyer thought he had done everything possible and had already dealt with all the issues that could have been reported to the county government. However, a few months later when he started to go to work by electric plane, the county government committee suspended the flight again because the county government committee received complaints from the public.
He said driving an electric plane from his driveway to work at his office near a regional airport consumes less electricity than driving a Tesla electric car to work during a 16-minute flight, and the office is only a 10-minute drive from the airport.
Sawyer said it’s time for the county government to set clear rules for the planes. “This is the future, and I have become an early adopter of these new technologies.”
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He believes that electric planes do not have the noise and gasoline problems that helicopters do and that a 16-minute flight consumes less electricity than traveling in a Tesla. Therefore, he hopes to use it as a more energy-saving and less irritating means of transportation.
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Seven years ago, he clashed with neighbors and the county government committee over noise disputes caused by helicopters taking off and landing on his property. Ultimately, the Colorado state court sided with the county government and ruled that he was banned from flying helicopters again.
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Although he had already told his neighbors that the electric plane had almost no noise and emissions, the county government committee still received complaints from the people a few months later and was eventually asked to suspend the flight.
