This 12-Seater Electric Airplane Could Fly You on Short Trips—One Day
Does an electric flight from New York to Boston for $70 sound too good to be true? That’s the promise being made by the electric-airplane startup Zunum Aero—and it’s one that you certainly shouldn’t dismiss out of hand. READ MORE
Zunum, Backed By JetBlue And Boeing, Plans To Deliver Hybrid-Electric Planes In 2022
Airline passengers around the world could begin flying on hybrid or even electric aircraft in 2022, soaring high in the sky on thousands of short-haul regional routes that aren’t currently economically feasible with traditional planes, and saving time while they do it. READ MORE
What Will Airplanes Look Like in Ten Years?
There are a number of exciting future technologies on the horizon in aviation, from self-flying airliners to VTOL flying taxis. These concepts are still years off, however… READ MORE
Hyperloop and Haptic Avatars: Highlights from FTE Global 2017
Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), kicked off FTE Global by asking the audience whether they were familiar with hyperloop. While idea of… READ MORE
The Age Of E-Flight – One Of The Best Times In Aeronautical History?
The first electric driven air vehicles had been Zeppelins and flew more than 100 years ago. But a little more than just 10 years ago the history started new and now you find e-flight and electric aviation everywhere. Companies from Siemens up to Airbus look at this field. And they […]
Preparing for electric flight
In recent years the pace of change in new technology has often meant that standards and regulations have to be developed after the product or process is ready. However, in the… READ MORE