Flying without kerosene is no longer just a dream, with pilots being trained to fly electric planes in the Netherlands.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An experimental electric airplane landed in Erie on July 23 during a proof-of-concept flight. It wasn't the first electric plane ...

When the Wright brothers first took flight over the sands of Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 1903, it's likely they could scarcely imagine how air travel would develop over ...

US airline fares rose almost 24% over the past year, making the prospect of cheaper short flights especially appealing. One possible solution: electric planes. For our video series, "The Limit," I ...

Electric cars took decades to go mainstream — electric planes might take even longer. We flew in Beta Technologies' Alia CX300, one of the most promising electric aircraft in the world, to find out ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - All of these planes you see in Oshkosh depend on fuel, but one company attending EAA AirVenture, which develops clean energy, is hoping to change that in the future as they show ...

For the 20 members of the Glendive RC Bush Pilots, flying modern electric model airplanes, as well as older glow-fuel and gas-powered ones, is about much more than keeping a plane in the air. For the ...

The Flite Fest model airplane festival attracts thousands of DIY aviation enthusiasts who use advances in materials and electronics to push the limits of their own creativity and share their knowledge ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dozens gathered in the doorway of an open hangar at Centennial Airport on Wednesday, watching as a first-of-its-kind electric plane touched down in front of ...

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