Taxi Trials Begin for Rolls-Royce Electric Aircraft 

ACCEL
Rolls-Royce's ACCEL aircraft has been named Spirit of Innovation.
Credit: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce’s ACCEL high-speed electric-powered aircraft has completed its first taxi tests ahead of flight testing. Taxi trials of the converted Nemesis NXT racing aircraft took place at Gloucestershire Airport (GLO), England, in late February, in preparation for flight testing currently planned...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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