I read where Canada has, or will have, short hop electric prop airplanes!
A few years ago, certification of the big new Boeing fly-by-wire airliner was delayed by an onboard battery fire...or perhaps it was an overheating event prior to combusting. I forget the model number...
“A few years ago, certification of the big new Boeing fly-by-wire airliner was delayed by an onboard battery fire.”
You might be surprised to learn that airliners have banks of these batteries aa a backup power supply.
I read where Canada has, or will have, short hop electric prop airplanes!
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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/air-canada-buy-30-electric-planes-heart-aerospace-2022-09-15/
Here you go.... and they bought 30 of them!!
What could go wrong? It would be disaster to be on a bus where you have a few seconds to get off....now imagine being on a plane.