electric aircraft Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/electric-aircraft/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:56:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 First electric flight lands at London Gatwick https://mechtraveller.com/2025/07/first-electric-flight-lands-at-london-gatwick/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/07/first-electric-flight-lands-at-london-gatwick/#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:56:18 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11937 The first ever electric flight to land at London Gatwick airport, did so yesterday (9 July) as part of the VINCI Airports Network Elektro Tour. The Elektro Tour is taking place over 17 days with a Pipistrel Velis Electro* light aircraft flying between nine VINCI airports in France and London Gatwick to showcase innovation in […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/07/first-electric-flight-lands-at-london-gatwick/feed/ 0 Chinese company, Autoflight, has unveiled its design for an autonomous eVTOL passenger aircraft https://mechtraveller.com/2021/10/chinese-company-autoflight-has-unveiled-its-design-for-an-autonomous-evtol-passenger-aircraft/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/10/chinese-company-autoflight-has-unveiled-its-design-for-an-autonomous-evtol-passenger-aircraft/#respond Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:59:14 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7134 Shanghai-based avtech company, Autoflight, has debuted its autonomous fixed-wing passenger electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) concept at the China Airshow in Zhuhai. The V1500M, which is designed to carry 3-4 passengers at 200 km/h for up to 250 kilometres, is expected to have its maiden flight “in the near future”, with a target […]

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