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Electric Flight World Speed Record
Rolls-Royce’s $8.17 million (£6 million) Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft has secured the world electric aircraft speed record following verification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). The highly modified Nemesis NXT racing aircraft achieved a speed of 345.4 mph (555.9 km/hr) over 3 km during a Nov. 16 flight. That broke the previous record set by a Siemens’ eAircraft division modified Extra 330LE aircraft of 132 mph (213.04 km/hr) in March 2017. FAI also confirmed...
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