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eSpyder: World’s First Commercially-Available Electric Plane

Benji Jerew — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:49:53 +0000

Of course, you could always go for an electric model airplane, but it would be unlikely to carry your massive [by comparison] personage. Enter the GreenWing eSpyder, the world’s first electric plane available for sale [some assembly required]. Now, we have seen plenty of electric planes, but these have all been prototypes and experimental craft. […]

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E-Fan Electric Plane Could Take Flight This Fall

Benji Jerew — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:42:14 +0000

Electric planes actually aren’t new, from tiny electric model airplanes up to the solar plane that is set to circumnavigate the globe in 2015. True, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA is a purely solar powered electric plane and not much good for anything other than a proof-of-concept, that is, you wouldn’t load it with cargo and […]

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BASF DLR-H2: First Manned Fuel Cell Airplane Took Off!

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:10:41 +0000

This spring, Boeing announced a flight powered by fuel cells, only that the take-off was powered by a Li-Ion battery. This autumn, on Sept. 30, the Germans did it from head to toe by using only hydrogen! Wow!

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