{"id":3262,"date":"2013-07-09T02:13:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T02:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2013-07-09T02:13:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T02:13:46","slug":"sci-jet-development-of-electric-aircraft-speeds-up-while-hypersonic-craft-slow-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3262","title":{"rendered":"Sci-jet: Development of electric aircraft speeds up while hypersonic craft slow down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Electric aircraft are moving along in development more rapidly than many expected: Once a Joke, Battery-Powered Airplanes Are Nearing Reality – MIT Technology Review <\/a><\/p>\n

Aerospace companies are working on hybrid electric airplanes, and the earliest versions will likely arrive before the end of the decade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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At the other end of the technology and speed spectrum, hypersonic flight, particularly with scramjets<\/a>, continues to develop very slowly: Darpa Refocuses Hypersonics Research On Tactical Missions – Aviation Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electric aircraft are moving along in development more rapidly than many expected: Once a Joke, Battery-Powered Airplanes Are Nearing Reality – MIT Technology Review Aerospace companies are working on hybrid electric airplanes, and the earliest versions will likely arrive before the end of the decade. === At the other end of the technology and speed … Continue reading Sci-jet: Development of electric aircraft speeds up while hypersonic craft slow down<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-QC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5144,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5144","url_meta":{"origin":3262,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Lockheed proposing Mach 6 successor to SR-71","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Aviation Week has a cover article on a proposed replacement for the\u00a0Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird\u00a0under study at Lockheed-Martin:\u00a0\u00a0Exclusive: Skunk Works Reveals SR-71 Successor Plan - Aviation Week After years of silence on the subject, Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works has revealed exclusively to AW&ST details of long-running plans for what it describes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Science and Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14266,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14266","url_meta":{"origin":3262,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Uber unveils electric VTOL flying taxi service to start in 2020","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"And now Uber unveils its prototype electric vertical takoff and and landing (eVTOL) vehicle for a flying taxi service that it will begin testing in Dallas and Dubai in 2020. 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