Tag: electric-flight
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Embraer Shows Roadmap to Net Zero Emissions – Project Energia
Brazil aircraft manufacturer Embraer presented their roadmap for getting to net zero emissions by 2050 last week. Project “Energia” is a family of concept aircraft in the 9-50 passengers classes and involves a variety of energy and propulsion technologies such as hybrid electric, full electric, hydrogen fuel cells or hydrogen dual fuel gas turbines. Energia…
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Wright Electric Announces Spirit, 100-Seater All Electric BAe 146 Conversion
US startup Wright Electric (previous coverage) announced at world climate summit COP26 that they intend to retrofit the BAe 146 regional jet airliner into an all-electric version. The BAe 146 aircraft was produced in various versions until 2001 and got it’s fame for low noise and steep approach capabilities, making it suitable for service e.g.…
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Lilium Shows 5th Gen Demonstrator Test Flight
German electric flight company Lilium released footage today of a test flight of their 5th generation demonstrator aircraft, conducted on October 25th. Speeds of up to 40kts have been achieved.
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Amedeo to purchase 200 ERA from Aura Aero
French company AURA AERO has created a clean sheet design while integrating new technologies as well as existing technologies such as fly by wire and is driving digital efficiencies to build revolutionary momentum in creating an electrical aircraft. With its current prototype aircraft, INTEGRAL, AURA AERO is achieving design and production maturity at a fraction…
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VTOL – The State of Getting to Net Zero Emissions in Aviation
In this article you’ll learn about the current state of VTOL when it comes to get to net zero emissions. This article is part of a blog series, where we will dive into the following industry sectors and analyze the current state of getting to net zero emissions: General Aviation, VTOL, Business Aviation, Initial Training,…
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New Series: The State of Getting to Net Zero Emissions in Aviation
Getting to net zero emissions in aviation is certainly a hard problem. Luckily, there are many smart people working on decarbonizing aviation at an astonishing pace. Regulations are starting to have an effect as well but more about that later on this site. With this article, we’ll kick-off our new series about the state of…
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eDA40 from Diamond Aircraft aims for the sky
After extensive research and numerous flight test hours on electric and hybrid electric platforms, Diamond Aircraft is positioned to offer an all-electric solution to the General Aviation market – the eDA40. Diamond Aircraft partners with the battery technology compan Electric Power Systems, integrating the EPiC Ecosystem into the eDA40, a derivative of the existing and…
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Rolls-Royce’s all-electric aircraft completes first flight
Watch “Spirit of Innovation” take off for it’s first flight. The first flight for Rolls-Royce all-electric plane ‘Spirit of Innovation’ flown at Boscombe Down on Wednesday 15th of September 2021. A key milestone in the ACCEL project for the team as they gear up to the world record attempt later this year. The plane took…
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KLM Flight Acadamy to use 14 all electric eFlyers from Bye Aerospace
After Reykjavik Flight Academy announced to get three eFlyers from Bye Aerospace a couple of months ago, KLM Flight Academy made news yesterday by announcing that they completed purchase deposits for six all-electric eFlyer 2 and eight all-electric eFlyer 4 airplanes. The eFlyer family of aircraft aims to be the first FAA-certified, practical, all-electric airplanes…
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ZeroAvia receives Dornier 228 aircraft for their hydrogen powered electric 19 seater
ZeroAvia Inc, the company developing hydrogen powered electrical solutions has received one of two recently announced purchase of Dornier 228 aircrafts. The team behind ZeroAvia aims to utilize the 19 seater commuter aircraft for developing their hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. The Dornier 228-200 airframe comes with two turboprop engines which will be replaced with two…