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Touring motor gliders are often sold to couples that want to travel together. I've known people who own/fly: Dimona H36 and Taifun 17E. I have a family member who recently purchased a TL Sting S4 (a microlight) for similar purposes.



Not this one. Pipistrel brings their planes to EAA Oshkosh every year and their internal combustion planes are marketed as touring motor gliders. But the electric Alpha Electro is just touted as a training plane because its range is so short.


I don't see how practical it is as a trainer though. At least when I was learning, those planes wouldn't get much if any downtime. You will still need more time to charge than it does to just throw some avgas in the plane. Also it would be impossible to do some parts of your flight training in this plane because of its tiny endurance.




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