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Re:Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path by iguy on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:31PM (#21476481)
I thought these were in use at flight schools already. With spare batteries being charged on the ground. Perhaps you can't practice quite everything, but as a cheaper way for people to get some of the hours it sounds great.
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Re:Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path by VBprogrammer on Friday November 08, 2019 @05:06AM (#21481051)
I had a bit of a look, I found one flight school that had committed to buying some electric aircraft and had apparently trialed them before. No real indication of how it works practically. Bearing in mind that a Tesla battery pack weighs 500kg (1200lb) or so. Changing them over wouldn't be a simple operation.
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Re:Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path by iguy on Friday November 08, 2019 @08:22AM (#21481921)
Looks like this is what I was remembering:

https://www.pipistrel-aircraft.com/locations/#tab-id-2

https://www.dw.com/en/electric-flight-finds-its-wings-at-slo...

They have electric planes, and they have flight schools, but whether the two actually intersect or not isn't immediately clear.

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