BETA Technologies’ electric planes can fly about 176 mph, charge in one hour, and cost about $18 to $28 per flight hour in ...

There’s something to be said for a simple wind-up, free flight model airplane. With no controls, it must be built very well to fly well, and with only the limited power of a rubber band, it needs a ...

An all-electric aircraft is now beginning demonstration flights in Hawaii, powered by batteries and producing almost no noise ...

The author is highly skeptical about the practicality of electric airplanes for general use, contrasting them with successful electric cars. Key challenges for electric aircraft include the low energy ...

"For the first time, we have a battery technology that yields the range and charging times necessary to make commercial electric aviation viable." ...

It's not every day aviation history is made, but June 2025 marked a real milestone for New York and the world of electric flight. For the first time, a passenger-carrying electric airplane landed at ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - All of these planes you see in Oshkosh depend on fuel, but one company attending EAA AirVenture, which develops clean energy, is hoping to change that in the future as they show ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — Stepping out on the tarmac at Burlington International Airport on an unseasonably hot June day, I was hit with the strong smell of exhaust from an idling jet plane parked ...

Investors are betting billions on air travel’s next big things, from all-electric air taxis to supersonic jetliners. The chief executive of aerospace startup Electra says he’s looking to deliver a ...

Flite Test, the festival’s sponsor, offers kits to build anything from simple trainer aircraft to multi-engine warbird replicas from inexpensive foam-backed posterboard. Simple materials and ...

If there's a country out there trying to will an all-electric society into existence, it's Norway. In 2024, 90% of all cars sold there were EVs. To protect the pristine environment of its fjords, ...

In the United States only ten percent of round trips between 800 and 1,600 kliometers or 500 to 1,000 miles are taken by air travel. Under 800 kilometers (500 miles) only less than half a percent are ...