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The future of aviation is looking a little greener today, with a nine-seat Cessna aircraft fitted out with an all electric propulsion system successfully completing its first flight. This maiden voyage for the world’s largest electric aircraft marks an… Continue reading Electric Cessna lifts off as the world’s largest zero-emission aircraft
A Chinese team has demonstrated a prototype of a microwave plasma thruster capable of working in the Earth’s atmosphere and producing thrust with an efficiency comparable to the jet engines you’d find on modern airliners – under laboratory conditions.C… Continue reading Electric microwave plasma thruster could rival traditional jet engines
Just last month, China’s air mobility company EHang announced plans to fly into Europe and set up shop in Seville, Spain. Now the firm has partnered with the City of Hezhou in Guangxi Province, China, to build a tourism-focused terminal for its air tax… Continue reading EHang commits to building air taxi terminal for China
NASA has released three concept art images showing its X-57 Maxwell all-electric X-plane in its final configuration. The first manned X-plane from NASA in two decades, the X-57 is shown in its Modification iV (Mod IV) form, which includes a high-aspect… Continue reading NASA reveals what the final X-57 all-electric X-plane will look like
Back in January, China’s EHang aced the first flight in the US of its two-seat autonomous air taxi. Now the company has agreed to develop the first Urban Air Mobility pilot program in Seville, Spain.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Eh… Continue reading EHang flies into Spain to build air taxi test infrastructure
As is the case with electric cars, battery range is still very much an issue with pure-electric aircraft. Hybrid propeller-drive systems are perhaps a better way to go – for now – and a new one was recently the subject of a successful test flight.Conti… Continue reading Cassio 1 aircraft successfully test-flies its hybrid drive system
The German Aerospace Center, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), and aerospace research institute Bauhaus Luftfahrt are studying how to make electric commuter aircraft practical. The Cooperation for Commuter Research (CoCoRe) project is usi… Continue reading Electric aircraft could find a role on short-range commuting routes
As part of its grand plans to establish a flying taxi service in the region, and ultimately, across the world, Volocopter has embarked on a new feasibility study to uncover high-potential routes between megacities in Southeast Asia.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Volocopter and Grab team up to find “hottest routes” in Southeast Asia
A super-endurance unmanned solar-electric aircraft built for year-long flights has completed its maiden run. Built by BAE Systems subsidiary Prismatic, the Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) took to the air over the Royal Australian Air… Continue reading Solar aircraft designed to stay aloft for a year makes maiden flight
Last year, Bye Aerospace’s Sun Flyer 2 took to the skies for the first time, and now the renamed eFlyer 2 has flown past another milestone towards FAA certification. A high power motor has now been installed, and a new phase of testing commenced.
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