A personal air vehicle (PAV) is a proposed class of passenger aircraft providing on-demand air transport.
A Carter PAV from 2014
An electric aircraft is an aircraft powered by electricity.
Electric aircraft are seen as a way to reduce the environmental effects of aviation, providing zero emissions and quieter flights.
Electricity may be supplied by a variety of methods, the most common being batteries.
Most have electric motors driving propellers or turbines.
The Velis Electro became one of the first type certified crewed electric aircraft on 10 June 2020.
The NASA Pathfinder Plus electric-powered unmanned aerial vehicle
The 1918 Petróczy-Kármán-Žurovec PKZ-2 tethered helicopter followed the 1917 PKZ-1
The Militky MB-E1, a converted Brditschka HB-3 motor glider (later HB-23 pictured) was the first full-size electric aircraft