Speed Record Buzz Boosts Rolls-Royce's Electric Efforts

Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation taking off
Rolls-Royce’s Spirit of Innovation is evolved from a U.S.-developed Sharp Nemesis NXT racing aircraft.
Credit: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Chief Test Pilot Phill O’Dell describes his latest mount as a “feisty little thoroughbred.” Flying the Spirit of Innovation, a radically modified, battery-powered Sharp Nemesis NXT racing aircraft is “like flying a spaceship,” O’Dell tells Aviation Week, an experience much different from...
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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