Electra Aero's hybrid-electric eSTOL targets a 150-foot takeoff and landing roll using blown lift, potentially reopening thousands of underserved U.S. airports to scheduled service.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation, the Fastest Electric Airplane Ever Flown, and What a Three-Kilometer Speed Record Actually Proves About Batteries.
VectorThe Pipistrel Nuuva V300 is a hybrid cargo eVTOL that hauls ~1,000 lbs with no pilot, betting the future of electric flight on freight.
VectorElectric aviation lives or dies on one number: watt-hours per kilogram. Here's the energy wall it has to beat.
VectorA Nevada startup, The Airplane Farm, says its modular PowerWing electric module can power a personal eVTOL, an aerobat, and a tactical drone.
TowerHow Harbour Air and magniX turned a 1940s De Havilland Beaver into the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft in 2019.
VectorBeta Technologies posted record Q2 revenue - up to $50M for FY2026 - not from selling aircraft, but from motors, batteries, and open-standard chargers.
TowerHow Regent's electric Viceroy seaglider uses wing-in-ground effect to fly a wingspan above the water and reinvent coastal travel.
VectorThe Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world's first type-certified electric airplane - here's what its 50-minute range actually proves.
VectorBETA Technologies posted a $149 million quarterly loss while more than doubling revenue - here's what that math actually means for electric aviation.
TowerNASA's X-57 Maxwell never flew, but its 14-motor electric design retired the hard risks that today's electric aircraft industry builds on.
VectorPathfinder One is LTA Research's 400-foot electric rigid airship - here's what it can actually do and where it makes sense.
VectorHow Electra's hybrid-electric EL-Nine uses decades-old blown-lift aerodynamics to take off in 150 feet without needing a runway.
VectorHow REGENT's electric seagliders use ground effect and hydrofoils to make battery-powered coastal travel finally add up.
VectorThe Pipistrel Velis Electro is the first type-certified electric airplane, with ~50 minutes of flight and cheap operating costs for pattern training.
VectorZeroAvia flew a 19-seat Dornier 228 on a hydrogen fuel cell in January 2023 - here's what it means and why batteries can't compete.
VectorHow REGENT's all-electric Viceroy seaglider uses wing-in-ground effect and hydrofoils to fly one wingspan above the water.
VectorAmpaire's parallel hybrid retrofit cuts fuel burn 25-50% by keeping the engine and adding an electric boost, betting practical electric flight won't ditch combustion yet.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Beta Technologies ALIA and the Case for Electric Airplanes That Take Off Like Airplanes.
VectorOn July 7, 1981, pilot Steve Ptacek flew the Solar Challenger from France to England in 5 hours 23 minutes on nothing but sunlight - no fuel, no batteries, no stored energy of any kind.
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