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Electric plane lands in Florida for Air Force testing after 2,000-mile journey (www.axios.com)

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A milestone in electric aviation took place Thursday afternoon, when Beta Technologies landed its ALIA eVTOL aircraft at Duke Field, on Eglin Air Force Base, for a deployment period with the U.S. Air Force.

The big picture: During its 2,000-mile, multi-leg journey from Burlington, Vermont to Florida, the plane completed what Beta believes to be the longest electric aviation flight on a single charge, at 386 miles.

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[-] Taringano@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If it's a VTOL it whoudl also vertically take off and land,and replace helicopters.

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, and they'd also crash and kill people with some regularity. VTOLs tend to do that. 😂

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