Positive Future #659 (Feature photo – Flag of the United Kingdom – Public Domain ) Inhabitat News journalist Dawn Hammon brings us the news of how Rolls Royce is building the world’s fastest electric airplane. Given the polluting footprint of modern jets, this interest and development of alternative technology gives hope. The demo plane is…
Category: Electric Airplanes
First Commercial Electric Airplane
Positive Future #641 (Feature photo – Harbour Air – Electric Airplane – courtesy Harbour Air ) Harbour Air announced the first successful flight of a commercial electric airplane – a six-seater seaplane. Harbour Air is North America’s largest seaplane airline with over 40 dedicated aircraft and serving 500,000 people a year. This marks the first…