• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
General Aviation News

General Aviation News

Because flying is cool

  • Pictures of the Day
    • Submit Picture of the Day
  • Stories
    • News
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Products
    • NTSB Accidents
    • ASRS Reports
  • Comments
  • Classifieds
    • Place Classified Ad
  • Events
  • Digital Archives
  • Subscribe
  • Show Search
Hide Search

Bye Energy gets capital infusion

By Janice Wood · December 15, 2010 ·

Beyond the Edge, LLC recently upped its financial investment in Bye Energy, Inc., increasing its equity position in the company. Bye Energy is developing alternative energy for GA aircraft, called The Green Flight Project, with an electric-powered Cessna 172 in the works.

Richard F. Schaden, vice chairman of Bye Energy, Inc. and founder of Beyond the Edge, said, “The additional capital along with our active participation with Bye Energy is a direct result of how we feel about the performance and success of The Green Flight project. We can foresee even greater accomplishments in the near future. We are totally committed to long term collaboration and participation with Bye Energy.”

Beyond The Edge was founded to help bring potentially world-changing ideas and technologies quickly into practical use. The enterprise was founded by Schaden, an aeronautical engineer, active ATP-rated pilot, businessman and trial lawyer. “Bye Energy is achieving extraordinary results in bringing the future of clean energy to general aviation,” Schaden said.

Bye Energy announced The Green Flight Project in February, and is developing — with support from Cessna and other partners and sponsors — electric and electric-hybrid propulsion systems for light general aviation aircraft. The company is planning to fly an electric-powered Cessna 172 Skyhawk proof of concept aircraft in the spring of 2011.

For more information: Beyond-The-Edge.com, ByeEnergy.com

About Janice Wood

Janice Wood is editor of General Aviation News.

Share this story

  • Share on Twitter Share on Twitter
  • Share on Facebook Share on Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn
  • Share on Reddit Share on Reddit
  • Share via Email Share via Email

Become better informed pilot.

Join 110,000 readers each month and get the latest news and entertainment from the world of general aviation direct to your inbox, daily.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Curious to know what fellow pilots think on random stories on the General Aviation News website? Click on our Recent Comments page to find out. Read our Comment Policy here.

© 2025 Flyer Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Comment Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Writer’s Guidelines
  • Photographer’s Guidelines