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6 Emergence of Electric Aviation 1.1 Introduction Future generations of aircraft require moving from current fuel sources to alternative sources for aircraft power and energy, and the global aircraft industry is setting ambitious goals toward reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and evaluating noise implications and aviation energy use.
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Emergence of Electric Aviation 7 The advent of nickel-cadmium batteries brought a renewed interest in electric aircraft. The Militky-Brditschka MB-E1 was the first manned, fixed-wing electric aircraft, which flew on October 23, 1973, in Austria.
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Figure 1. Timeline of the emergence of electric aviation (1917–2020)
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Emergence of Electric Aviation 9 shortcomings in terms of range, endurance, and payload. These limitations explain why these aircraft have mostly targeted the gliding and the flight training businesses: training flights are usually shorter with limited payload requirements, allowing the carriage of batteries.
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