Another bit of progress - flight, page-6

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    Interesting little vid, thanks.

    With a Siemens, Airbus joint project for a 100 passenger airliner by 2030 in there.
    Next step for them seems to be a 2MW electric engine replacing one of four gas turbines on a BAe 146, in 2020. Moving to two electrics from there.
    https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/pre...-siemens-team-up-for-electric-future-par.html

    The vid quotes some much cheaper operating costs for small e-planes, relative to fossil fuel competitors. Already towing gliders.

    Early days, but all quite impressive I thought.
 
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