Electric aircraft sparks imagination [feedly]

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Electric aircraft sparks imagination
// Royal Aeronautical News

Recent high-profile record-breaking attempts, including the Solar Impulse 2 round the world flight and the Airbus E-Fan cross-Channel flight, have inspired public interest in the potential of electrically-powered aircraft. BILL READ looks at how the electric aircraft concept is moving from technological niche to greener, cleaner future flight.

Given the remarkable progress made in this sector over the past ten years, who knows what the future may hold? 

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