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First commercial electric airplane completes flight

An aircraft designed in 1946 might become the first commercial electric plane, following a short but successful test flight. Vancouver-based Harbour Air's took its "eBeaver" on a ten-minute hop on the Fraser River in Richmond, BC, with CEO and pilot Greg McDougall at the controls. "Today, we made history," he said in a statement. Harbour Air expects the eBeaver to go into commercial service in 2022.

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/12/11/first-commercial-electric-airplane-completes-flight/?ncid=webmail

Happy New Year Doug...

Thanks for posting this...have been following prior to the flight

Doug it seems to me we have come along way from your and my old Tiger Moth days
Gosh I miss the song in those wires...

Happy New Year to you Doug.

The eBeaver project looks interesting but I think we have some way to go yet. With present battery technology it will have a limited range & be restricted to operating between bases with available charging facilities. I suppose it could carry a generator of some sort for use in emergencies.