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H. recently posted on FB that a scammer she is unfortunately aware of has been running an electric plane company in Colorado for a few years (not actually producing any planes, obviously). This got me thinking about electric planes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_aircraft
The earliest electric flights involved dirigibles, and yes, Pathfinder 1 is still undergoing development, but other than this BBC link, I’m mostly focused on heavier-than-air options, of which there are literally hundreds supposedly under development now.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250214-pathfinder-1-the-airship-that-could-usher-in-a-new-age
This a glider that you can get a motor as an option:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_Antares
There are other self-launching, electrified gliders / sailplanes in production, such as:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipistrel_Taurus
Here is a solar plane that has circumnavigated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse
Obviously, none of these are in any way intended to replace the kinds of planes we are familiar with.
Retrofits are one way that electric cars and hybrids got started. The same is true with aviation.
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/futureflight/2025-04-09/magnix-electric-aero-engine-reaches-key-milestones
China is doing a bunch of stuff, obviously, such as:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaoning_Ruixiang_RX1E
Honda is exploring hybrid options with its eVTOL development, so if you hear about “flying cars” from some enthusiast, at least push them in the direction of electric or hybrid. (Obviously, none of us really want people flying cars. We know what people are like.)
I will note that the capacity of these things is very low, in terms of number of people and amount of stuff (other than battery) that they can carry. In addition, the range is very low (like, 100 miles low). Getting the capacity up to a viable level and the range up to a viable level is going to be challenging.
Here are efforts in that direction:
https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news/electric-hybrid/wright-electric-validates-motor-safety-at-high-altitude.html
And:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Aerospace
The Wright Spirit is a retrofit; the Heart is a full design, and has both all-electric and hybrid operation. The Heart has orders, which I find mildly confusing but you know, startups.
ETA:
Sheets are now on two of the beds. I had a delightful phone call with J. I dusted my room, and decluttered the PJ drawer and the drawer of drawers. I’ve been attempting to figure out bras that I don’t hate for the last couple years, and have gone through multiple attempts before finally settling on some of the TomboyX styles, and I’m now experimenting with things like HoneyCloudz as a supplement. Needless to say, while I’ve gotten rid of things that definitely were unworkable, I kept a lot of things that kinda worked until I settled on something repeatable that was definitely better. And then I didn’t clear out the so-so stuff until today. This is a predictable pattern for me, and I figured it would be easy enough to sort through the drawer.
A large box from Amazon arrived so bath mats are now airing out in the garage, the new curtains are up in the green bathroom, and I have set one package of Fomin soap sheets out for A. to try to see what she thinks of them. I was reminded that there used to be dispensers for these things at some point in the past — I’d forgotten, and seeing them in person reminded me, and J. confirmed that he remembered those, too.
H. recently posted on FB that a scammer she is unfortunately aware of has been running an electric plane company in Colorado for a few years (not actually producing any planes, obviously). This got me thinking about electric planes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_aircraft
The earliest electric flights involved dirigibles, and yes, Pathfinder 1 is still undergoing development, but other than this BBC link, I’m mostly focused on heavier-than-air options, of which there are literally hundreds supposedly under development now.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250214-pathfinder-1-the-airship-that-could-usher-in-a-new-age
This a glider that you can get a motor as an option:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_Antares
There are other self-launching, electrified gliders / sailplanes in production, such as:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipistrel_Taurus
Here is a solar plane that has circumnavigated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse
Obviously, none of these are in any way intended to replace the kinds of planes we are familiar with.
Retrofits are one way that electric cars and hybrids got started. The same is true with aviation.
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/futureflight/2025-04-09/magnix-electric-aero-engine-reaches-key-milestones
China is doing a bunch of stuff, obviously, such as:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaoning_Ruixiang_RX1E
Honda is exploring hybrid options with its eVTOL development, so if you hear about “flying cars” from some enthusiast, at least push them in the direction of electric or hybrid. (Obviously, none of us really want people flying cars. We know what people are like.)
I will note that the capacity of these things is very low, in terms of number of people and amount of stuff (other than battery) that they can carry. In addition, the range is very low (like, 100 miles low). Getting the capacity up to a viable level and the range up to a viable level is going to be challenging.
Here are efforts in that direction:
https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news/electric-hybrid/wright-electric-validates-motor-safety-at-high-altitude.html
And:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Aerospace
The Wright Spirit is a retrofit; the Heart is a full design, and has both all-electric and hybrid operation. The Heart has orders, which I find mildly confusing but you know, startups.
ETA:
Sheets are now on two of the beds. I had a delightful phone call with J. I dusted my room, and decluttered the PJ drawer and the drawer of drawers. I’ve been attempting to figure out bras that I don’t hate for the last couple years, and have gone through multiple attempts before finally settling on some of the TomboyX styles, and I’m now experimenting with things like HoneyCloudz as a supplement. Needless to say, while I’ve gotten rid of things that definitely were unworkable, I kept a lot of things that kinda worked until I settled on something repeatable that was definitely better. And then I didn’t clear out the so-so stuff until today. This is a predictable pattern for me, and I figured it would be easy enough to sort through the drawer.
A large box from Amazon arrived so bath mats are now airing out in the garage, the new curtains are up in the green bathroom, and I have set one package of Fomin soap sheets out for A. to try to see what she thinks of them. I was reminded that there used to be dispensers for these things at some point in the past — I’d forgotten, and seeing them in person reminded me, and J. confirmed that he remembered those, too.
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Date: 2025-04-30 05:51 pm (UTC)They definitely haven’t delivered or gotten anything certified
Date: 2025-04-30 06:56 pm (UTC)https://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=BAC3C039-7E03-4EA7-9BFD-BAA1E28D8805
Re: They definitely haven’t delivered or gotten anything certified
Date: 2025-04-30 08:08 pm (UTC)