VoltAir

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Reported on MSNBC today... VoltAir: The electric passenger jet of the future

Tagline: The airliner's ultra-efficient engine, made of superconducting materials, will be bathed in liquid nitrogen

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More info about the EADS VoltAir at gizmag here.

Pretty neat if they could pull it off! 8)
~KF
 
"... drive two co-axial, counter-rotating shrouded propellers at the rear of the aircraft. "

Interesting... plus, battery swapping!

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