Friday, July 10, 2015

'Aviation history' made as electric plane flies across English Channel



A French pilot claims to have made aviation history after flying an electric plane across the English Channel on Friday morning. The Airbus E-fan plane, a light two-seater twin-engine aircraft, landed at Calais in northern France after taking off from Lydd airfield in southeastern England. 
The pilot, Didier Esteyne, took less than 40 minutes to make the 74-kilometre journey.  
Aviation experts hope that electric-powered planes using batteries would help to cut carbon emissions significantly.





INC News, 10/07/2015 - via Euronews

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