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Electric rivals duel over Channel crossing
Airbus this morning claimed a historic second, by crossing the English Channel with a “twin-engine electric plane taking off by its own power”. The company’s all-electric e-Fan demonstrator – which flew at the Paris air show in June – made the 40nm (74km) crossing from Lydd to Calais in about ...
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