Three Paths For Battery-Electric Aircraft

electric trainer prototype

Bye Aerospace is completing integration testing on its first prototype electric trainer.

Credit: Bye Aerospace
What is the optimal size for a battery-electric aircraft? Three aircraft developers offered Aviation Week different answers to that question. All are developing battery-electric aircraft. None are relying on hybrid propulsion or betting on hydrogen. What differs are their views of where current...
Ben Goldstein

Based in Rhode Island, Ben covers advanced air mobility and is a contributor to Aviation Week’s Business Aviation & AAM Report.

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