@interestingengineering: Heart Aerospace flew its X1 demonstrator for the first time on August 12, 2026 at Plattsburgh International Airport in New York, making it the largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown. The 25,000-pound, 106-foot-wingspan aircraft stayed up for 27 minutes on four wing-mounted electric motors drawing more than one megawatt, on roughly five dollars of electricity. The flight time is the real story here, because battery weight may still be what caps how long any electric aircraft can stay in the air.

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Friday 14 August 2026 16:00:32 GMT