private company industry aerospace founder randall fishman headquarters cliffside park new jersey united states products electric aircraft website www.electraflyer.com electric aircraft corporation is an american aircraft manufacturer that was founded by randall fishman a retired new jersey jeweler . the company is based in cliffside park new jersey and specializes in the design and manufacture of electric aircraft under the electraflyer brand name . 1 2 3 the company s first product was the electric aircraft corporation electraflyer trike an ultralight trike powered by an in house designed electric motor and battery pack . the company then started selling power train components to convert existing ultralights to electric power . the single seat electraflyer c followed using the same 18 hp 13 kw electric motor and a converted monnett moni motorglider airframe . the company is currently developing a new design intended for production an all composite electric aircraft the electraflyer x. 1 4 in 2008 fishman won the august raspet memorial award for his electric aircraft work . the award recognizes the person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of light aircraft design each year . 5 the late 2000s recession caused development of the company products to be delayed . in 2011 fishman said the recession has made this not a great business right now . i have done okay because i have kept it small selling a few complete trikes and many propulsion kits meters and electronic controllers for people to modify their own ultralights . 4 the company has the rights to develop the electric powered version of the airsport song . 6 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by electric aircraft corporation model name first flight number built type electric aircraft corporation electraflyer trike electric ultralight trike electric aircraft corporation electraflyer c 1 prototype electric motorglider electric aircraft corporation electraflyer x 1 electric motor glider under development references edit a b bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 45 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x admin 5 august 2008 . plug and fly the battery powered plane makes its debut . wired . retrieved 9 june 2012 . schupak amanda 12 april 2008 . a silent electric plane . popular science . retrieved 9 june 2012 . a b lawrence james september 2011 . light sport chronicles profiles in vision randall fishman . plane & pilot magazine . retrieved 9 june 2012 . experimental aircraft association 2012 . august raspet memorial award . retrieved 14 june 2012 . song electric . retrieved 22 march 2015 . external links edit external image electraflyer uls official website v t e electric aircraft corporation aircraft fixed wing aircraft electraflyer trike electraflyer c electraflyer x electraflyer uls retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title electric aircraft corporation & oldid 668367204 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united stateselectric aircraft navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 22 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view