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Ultra-short takeoff and landing plane rakes in $8 billion in pre-orders
New Atlas ^ | January 24, 2024 | By Loz Blain

Posted on 01/31/2024 12:57:03 PM PST by Red Badger

Electra, a next-gen aerospace company with a mission to help decarbonize aviation and open new air transportation markets, today announced its achievement of pre-order sales of over 2,000 electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft with a market value exceeding $8 billion. Electra passed the order milestone on January 19th when it signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with JetSetGo Aviation Services Private Ltd. ("JetSetGo") at Wings India 2024, in addition to recent LOIs with travel industry leaders LYGG ("LYGG") in Finland and Charm Aviation, LLC ("Charm") in New York City to introduce Electra's eSTOL aircraft in their respective markets.

Electra's order book underscores strong interest from a broad array of flight operators across diverse markets. These operators are opting for Electra's eSTOL aircraft to offer a more convenient and sustainable air travel experience for their customers. Whether facilitating short-distance flights from urban vertiports, covering longer journeys of up to 500 miles to regional airports, or flying adventure tours or medical missions to locations without ground infrastructure, Electra's partners value the unparalleled flexibility, safety, and economics of Electra's eSTOL aircraft.

JetSetGo Aviation Services Partnership

JetSetGo, India's first marketplace for private jet and helicopter charters, operates India's largest on-demand aircraft fleet. Electra and JetSetGo are collaborating to explore relevant markets and identify new routes using eSTOL capabilities. These routes will establish vital connectivity between India's cities and regional transportation hubs for communities underserved by flight.

"India's geography and demographics make it an ideal launch market for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). We want to lead the transformation of urban and regional connectivity and believe Electra is the right partner with the technology to make this vision a reality," remarked Kanika Tekriwal, JetSetGo's Chief Operating Officer (CEO) and co-founder.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aviation; ev
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1 posted on 01/31/2024 12:57:03 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...

EV AVIATION PING!................


2 posted on 01/31/2024 12:58:01 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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How are they generating the electricity? And will you be able to fly it with a Xbox controller?


3 posted on 01/31/2024 1:00:04 PM PST by small farm girl
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To: Red Badger

Just imagine the fireball!


4 posted on 01/31/2024 1:01:32 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: Red Badger
Clickable link: https://youtu.be/5mM9QPcOgeI
5 posted on 01/31/2024 1:04:12 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Passengers will each be issued a asbestos suit and a life jacket..................


6 posted on 01/31/2024 1:04:19 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like a miniature Spruce Goose.
Since it’s EV can we call it the Juice Goose?


7 posted on 01/31/2024 1:06:07 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Red Badger

Range of 500 miles, and speed of 200 mph. It can serve a purpose, if the price is right.


8 posted on 01/31/2024 1:06:39 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Red Badger
I can't believe how the VC money flows to anybody with a business plan that says " Our mission to help decarbonize industry XYZ."

You can "decarbonize" to the maximum extent possible and it MIGHT reduce total global carbon fuel use 0.001%.

I saw a good analysis yesterday that showed how much "decarbonization" will occur when half of the WORLD's automobile fleet is all EVs. It was pathetically small, less than 5%.

CO2 in our lungs reaches 40,000–50,000 ppm. Each human exhales 2.3 pounds of CO2 per day. Earth’s 8 billion people produce 18.4 billion pounds of CO2 per day

Humans are 1/40 of all CO2-excreting life on Earth. Overall CO2 excreted by the total animal and fungal biomass on the planet is 736 billion pounds of CO2 per day.

Daily CO2 emissions from all worldwide human industrial sources in 2020 were 35.2 billion pounds.

The entire animal and fungal biomass puts out more than 20 times as much CO2 as all industrial emissions.

This ignores CO2 emissions from natural sources such as volcanoes.


9 posted on 01/31/2024 1:07:20 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Red Badger

And an asbestos parachute?


10 posted on 01/31/2024 1:07:50 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Red Badger

Anyone else remember back in the 60s, if you wanted to fly into Washington National (DCA) it had to be on an Electra...nothing larger?


11 posted on 01/31/2024 1:09:20 PM PST by ryderann
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To: Red Badger

I’ll order a fleet of 250 or so! Right now!

Make that a $9 billion pre-order book!!

That’s how you do PR for a stock listing or bank loan


12 posted on 01/31/2024 1:09:32 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Red Badger

Your asbestos suit will fall out from your overhead console. Please put yours on before helping your children or the elderly.


13 posted on 01/31/2024 1:10:26 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: small farm girl
How are they generating the electricity? And will you be able to fly it with a Xbox controller?

They call their design "hybrid electric" and the technology demonstrator they flew has a single turbine engine connected to a generator plus lithium batteries to power the eight electric motors.

14 posted on 01/31/2024 1:16:44 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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But the BATTERIES! What about the batteries?

Now if it is operating on hydrogen fuel cells, it might work.

Unicorn farts and pixie dust are in very short supply.


15 posted on 01/31/2024 1:17:01 PM PST by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: Red Badger

Dude wants to “democratize aviation”.


16 posted on 01/31/2024 1:17:38 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Yo-Yo

Eno0ugh buzzwords in that short clip to choke a horse.

Good for them, I’ll pass. A PC-6 is my idea of a commercial STOL aircraft.


17 posted on 01/31/2024 1:21:32 PM PST by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: Red Badger

The democracy or democratic aviation. What could possibly go wrong.


18 posted on 01/31/2024 1:22:48 PM PST by exnavy
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EV planes. Cause EV busses worked out so well.
 
 
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19 posted on 01/31/2024 1:24:57 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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Anybody notice the smoke "escaping" from the wheel when it landed? Smoke escaping from an electric airplane is not good.

Just ask Lucas Electric...

"https://www.ntnoa.org/LucasSmoke.htm"

20 posted on 01/31/2024 1:26:29 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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