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To: rlmorel

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...


54 posted on 09/23/2022 4:05:10 PM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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To: citizen

“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.


60 posted on 09/23/2022 5:11:12 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florida)
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To: citizen

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.


69 posted on 09/23/2022 6:26:03 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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