Elektra One: the electricity-powered plane

03/29/2011, In the future, our airplanes might not need gas to fly anymore. For NASA’s CAFE Green Flight Challenge, PC-Aero recently came up with a prototype plane, the Elektra One; that runs completely on electricity. Powered by batteries, the single seater [...]

Elektra One might take to the skies next month

01/12/2011, German airplane maker PC-Aero are currently doing pretty well with the Elektra One, their single-seat electric airplane. Already having undergone . The sleek-looking composite aircraft static load testing before Christmas, PC-Aero intends to achieve its first flight in February. Bear [...]