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In 2017, a second pressurized model was to be an extended-range ER executive aircraft available by 2023 for $2.9 million, with a more powerful aluminum-air battery with a lithium-polymer buffer, a cabin pressurized to 1,200 m (4,000 ft) at FL 280, G5000 avionics, a 444 km/h (240 kn) cruise and 1,367 km (738 nmi) range. [30]
[6] [5] Battery powered flight time is limited to 20 minutes and there is a top speed of 63 mph (101 km/h). [5] The vehicle comes with a charger which can recharge in one hour at 230/240V or two hours with 110V power. Batteries may be removed and changed to avoid waiting for charging. [7]
The aircraft has a built-in continuous health-monitoring system displaying the estimated 'age' of the battery, and the battery must be charged using proprietary equipment. [2] The E-811 is the first certified electric aircraft motor and was certified by EASA on 18 May 2020. [3] [4] [5] [1] The Velis Electro has a maximum noise level of 60 dBa. [1]
The world's first serially produced self-launching, manned electric aircraft with EASA type certification since 2006 [1] and a patented wing-integrated battery system, [2] the Lange E1 Antares, completed its maiden flight in 1999; since 2004, more than 100 aircraft of this type have been delivered, totalling more than 165,000 electric flight ...
Air Canada announced on Sept. 15, 2022, that it would buy 30 electric-hybrid regional aircraft from Sweden’s Heart Aerospace, which expects to have its 30-seat plane in service by 2028. Analysts ...
It will be a day/night IFR aircraft with an 800 lb (360 kg) payload, capable of 150 kn (280 km/h) maximum cruise speed and a 4.2 hour endurance. [7] [8] The eFlyer 2 first flew on 10 April 2018. [9] [10] AEAC and Bye Aerospace merged in 2018 and Bye Aerospace took over the project. [11]
A C-130H Hercules flight deck. Aircraft displayed at the Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection. The first flight of the YC-130 prototype was made on 23 August 1954 from the Lockheed plant in Burbank, California. The aircraft, serial number 53-3397, was the second prototype, but the first of the
Firefighters were seen boarding a Spirit Airlines plane to examine an overhead compartment after a battery pack caught fire and caused the aircraft to be grounded. The flight on Wednesday (1 March ...