Aerospace
Why aviation’s
electric dream
lives on
E-Fan X - the joint Rolls-Royce / Airbus hybrid
electric aircraft project - may have come
to a premature conclusion but the lessons
learned from the cancelled initiative will still
have a major infl uence on the future of green
aviation. Jon Excell reports.
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