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22nd Jun 2022, 11:37

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DaveReidUK

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Originally Posted by muppetofthenorth

Maybe more accurate way of looking at it is that the RAF has looked at and trialled them... https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles...rcraft-trials/

Also featured on the Pipistrel web site: British Royal Air Force is testing Pipistrel’s electric aircraft.

It helpfully adds that

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Combat planes will remain jet-powered, because they are much faster this way.

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