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"In late September the first fixed-wing passenger electric passenger aircraft
took off from Grant County international airport in the US state of Washington.
The nine-seater charter plane – known as Alice – soared to 1,000 metres (3,500
feet) for eight minutes.
Less than two months later Northern Territory Air Services, a scheduled airline
and charter operator, put in an order to bring 20 of the aircraft to Australia
with plans to fly passengers from Darwin to Uluru and Mount Isa.
It’s a small sign that the winds may be changing for zero-emissions aviation in
Australia, one of the most flight-dependent countries in the world.
Until recently there was no industry body making the case for change and even
the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which operates the largest air fleet in the
country and has traditionally been a hotbed of innovation, has no plans to
acquire or develop electric aircraft.
Yet away from the spotlight, a small crop of startups and aviation companies
have been working on electric flight."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
