I Just Took the World's First 20-Hour Flight

Re:I Just Took the World's First 20-Hour Flight by derekp7 on Sunday October 20, 2019 @12:56PM (#21305346)

I think you mean there would be no internal combustion engine. According to Oxford, an engine is "a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion". So an electric motor is still an engine.

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Re:I Just Took the World's First 20-Hour Flight by spaceandshit on Thursday October 24, 2019 @01:14AM (#21341827)

Ah, I guess you're right. In the aerospace world, engines typically mean one type of device. I stand corrected :)

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