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The U.S. Air Force’s Convair B-36 Peacemaker Was a Monster
The most unique feature of the B-36 was its unusual hybrid propulsion system, combining both propeller and jet engines.
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World’s largest electric plane that promises 497-mile range to fly in 2025
A Swedish aviation company is to test the world’s largest all-electric aircraft in 2025 ... Equipped with four electric propeller motors, it draws energy from BAE Systems batteries or aviation ...
This Bonkers New Airplane Concept Flies on Hydrogen Fuel and Electric Motors
Airbus just unveiled the ZeroE, a four-propeller commercial aircraft that will be powered by hydrogen-fuel-cell stacks and ...
Would you fly in a propeller plane? Airbus hopes so
Propeller planes that once dominated the skies could again serve some of the world’s busiest flight routes under Airbus’s ...