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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)
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[–] mereo@piefed.ca 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity. That aviation feat comes at a time when jet fuel prices have skyrocketed because of the US war with Iran.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At what airspeed?

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

Fast enough to take off and then not fall out of the sky.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

Did you reply to the wrong comment because you're quoting time, not distance?