electric airplane

Chip Yates retired his electric motorcycle last year after setting records at the Mohave Mile and Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and notching several (slower than Lightning) FIM World Land Speed achievements on the Bonneville Salt Flats. If you thought he was done with his pursuit of ...

In the end, the competition for the $1.35 million top prize in the 2011 Green Flight Challenge came down to just two craft, the eGenius and the Pipistrel G4. After both managed to meet the goal of the contest – fly 200 miles at over 100 miles per hour using less than the equivalent energy ...

The Elektra One, a solar-enabled electric aircraft designed by PC-Aero and SolarWorld, has flown away with the Lindbergh Prize for Electric Aircraft Vision Award from Erik Lindbergh, grandson of famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh made the announcement at the World Electric ...

The CAFE Foundation has announced that Google will sponsor the NASA Centennial Challenge flight competition known as the Green Flight Challenge (GFC). The CAFE Foundation (which here stands for Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency) will host the event from September 25 through October 2, 2011 ...

A team from the University of Stuttgart has flown into aviation history by averaging over 100 miles per hour for more than two hours, completing a 211-mile trip powered solely by electricity. The eGenius, essentially a glider with a 60-kilowatt (80.5-horsepower) electric motor, was piloted by ...

It's not even close to supersonic, but with sustained flight at a speed of 175 miles per hour, French pilot Hugues Duval's electric airplane flew into the record books. Weighing in at a scant 200 pounds and boasting a wingspan of only 16 feet, the electric aircraft is claimed to be the world's ...

The Taurus Electro G2, from well-known light aircraft and glider manufacturer Pipistrel, is now available for sale. Built on a glider airframe, this sweet two-person side-by-side electric aircraft is said to ...

Echoing the Wright Brother's first moments aloft – when flight distance was more aptly measured by yards than miles – the E-Flight Initiative proof-of-concept Waiex aircraft recently made its maiden flight. The ...

When Charles Lindbergh made the first flight from New York to Paris in 1927, he was awarded the $25,000 Orteig prize that had eluded (and led to the deaths of) many others. Over eight decades later, his ...

Cessna has built over 43,000 of its 172 Skyhawks since introducing the airplane back in 1955 and, until now, all have burned aviation fuel (Avgas) to fly the friendly skies. That is set to change as the ol' air-dog will learn a new trick this year with its manufacturer announcing that it is ...