Electric aircraft are breaking records and beginning to gain aviation industry interest Dully whining electric motors may soon compete with roaring turbofans in the sky as battery-powered pl... Read more
Whichever plane performed best would win its makers a prize of US$1.35 million Two years ago, aircraft designers were invited to build an electric airplane that could fly at least 200 miles... Read more
Google has partnered with NASA to sponsor the Green Flight Challenge that offers a prize purse of $1.65 million for the design of quiet, practical and energy-efficient aircraft. Whether you... Read more
Just a couple of weeks after its maiden flight at the end of May, the e-Genius electric aircraft has now winged its way into the record books – managing to stay aloft for over two hour... Read more
An electric powered aircraft demonstrator has taken to the air for the first time with a 20-minute flight from Mindelheim, Germany. Intended for entry in the NASA funded CAFE 2011 Green Flig... Read more
A little over a year ago, we told you about NASA’s Green Flight Challenge that is offering US$1.6 million in production funds to the winning design for a for low-cost, quiet, short take-off... Read more