Home / World / Kaleidoscope

Unusual but true: Edible candle lights up palates for Christmas

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-12-13 16:16

Share - WeChat

World's first all-electric commercial aircraft takes off

Harbour Air Pilot and CEO Greg McDougall taxis to the water to fly the world's first all-electric, zero-emission commercial aircraft during a test flight in a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver from Vancouver International Airport's South Terminal on the Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Dec 10, 2019. [Photo/Ecns.cn]

The company magniX, powering the electric aviation revolution, has announced the successful flight of the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft, launched with the help of Harbour Air, North America's largest seaplane airline.

Operated by Harbour Air and equipped with a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system built by magniX, the plane is the first in a planned fleet of all-electric commercial seaplanes.

The plane becomes the world's first commercial test of an all-electric airplane. [Photo/Ecns.cn]

The plane was piloted by Harbour Air CEO and founder Greg McDougall. This historic flight signifies the start of the third era in aviation – the electric age.

|<< Previous 1 2 3 4 Next >>|

Previous 3/4 Next

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.

Registration Number: 130349