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London-Paris Electric Flight 'in Decade'

posted by martyb on Friday March 24 2017, @03:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the solar-cells+dirigible+batteries+propellers dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

A new start-up says it intends to offer an electric-powered commercial flight from London to Paris in 10 years.

Its plane, yet to go into development, would carry 150 people on journeys of less than 300 miles.

Wright Electric said by removing the need for jet fuel, the price of travel could drop dramatically.

British low-cost airline Easyjet has expressed its interest in the technology.

"Easyjet has had discussions with Wright Electric and is actively providing an airline operator's perspective on the development of this exciting technology," the airline told the BBC.

Vaporware, but the expression of intent is interesting.

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  • (Score: 1) by tftp on Friday March 24 2017, @05:21AM (5 children)

    by tftp (806) on Friday March 24 2017, @05:21AM (#483522) Homepage

    The thing that is the same is that they are equally likely.

    Don't be such a naysayer. Helium balloons are well known. Add a modern LED flashlight, and here you are - electrically flying! Can even get from London to Paris, if you are lucky and don't die for one of many possible reasons (including an attack of violent avians, if you believe Jules Verne.)

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by TheRaven on Friday March 24 2017, @08:25AM (4 children)

    by TheRaven (270) on Friday March 24 2017, @08:25AM (#483568) Journal
    London and Paris are well connected by trains and flying between the two is annoying because of the distance between the city centre and the airports. It doesn't sound like a great place for a startup to trial these flights. London to Edinburgh is a lot more annoying by train and might be a better idea.
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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 24 2017, @09:18AM (3 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 24 2017, @09:18AM (#483572) Journal

      London to Edinburgh

      Not to mention that, by the time electric flight becomes reality, the London to Edinburgh travel will be international - London, the capital of Small Britain and Edinburgh an European capital.

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      • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Friday March 24 2017, @10:21AM (2 children)

        by TheRaven (270) on Friday March 24 2017, @10:21AM (#483580) Journal
        There's some talk in the press at the moment about London becoming an independent city-state, and it's currently polling higher among Londoners than independence is in Scotland, so it might be the other way around. That said, the simplest solution to the whole mess would be for all of the leave-voting areas to leave the UK and the EU and have their own little kingdom.
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        • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 24 2017, @11:57AM

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 24 2017, @11:57AM (#483603) Journal
          And they're going to break up California into five pieces of nirvana - well four pieces of nirvana and Los Angeles.

        • (Score: 2) by gidds on Sunday March 26 2017, @08:23PM

          by gidds (589) on Sunday March 26 2017, @08:23PM (#484429)

          Hmmm, not heard that.

          I suspect that an independent London might suddenly become rather less wealthy and important without the vast armies of people who commute in to work there…

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