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Heart Aerospace Just Flew The Aviation Transition Investors Should Be Putting Billions Into

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Heart Aerospace’s X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes on August 12 from Plattsburgh International Airport, powered entirely by batteries. The aircraft has a 106-foot wingspan, weighed more than 25,000 pounds at takeoff and drew more than a megawatt at peak. Heart calls it the largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown. The … [continued]

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China Is Making Boeing Optional

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Boeing expects Chinese airlines to require 8,830 new commercial aircraft by 2043. That sounds like an enormous opportunity until the denominator is corrected. China is not starting with aircraft demand and asking which manufacturer should supply it. It is deciding how people should move, assigning dense corridors to electric rail, … [continued]

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