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"Impossible" Electric Airplane Takes Flight

Posted May 27, 2014 2:29 PM

From Scientific American Content: Global:

The Berlin Air Show witnessed a silent, clean test flight by Airbus's E-Fan two-seater aircraft, which is entirely propelled by electricity

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05/27/2014 2:52 PM

That's a long extension cord!

In all honesty, congratulations on this engineering feat!

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05/27/2014 2:57 PM

http://www.wired.com/2009/07/new-electric-airplane/

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05/27/2014 3:32 PM

Then again there's this plane that has no fuel.

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05/27/2014 5:26 PM

And this plane uses the Sun, too.
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05/27/2014 5:36 PM

Soaring on "thermals"...created by solar energy warming surface air, creating updrafts (not to be confused with Ale drafts).

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05/27/2014 7:10 PM

We've come a long way since my first electric airplane, circa 1975:

The Mattel™ Superstar.

Anybody remember these? They had different wheels with indentations that went on a post underneath and turned. That controlled the rudder and turned the thing right and left so it could fly patterns.
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05/28/2014 4:13 AM

I have no idea of why this is cosidered "Impossible", since quite a number of electrically-powered airplanes have been flying for the last several years. Making it a two-seater doesn't change things; Pipistrel had a two-place electric airplane at Oshkosh (EAA AirVenture) at least one year back, and maybe two years ago.

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