Engineers from engine manufacturer Rolls-Roycejoined forceswith partners in the ACCEL project (short for Accelerating the Electrification of Flight) to develop the world’s fastest electric aircraft. The propeller-driven single-seater is white and blue, and the fuselage has been optimized for the bes...
ten hours, and my bones couldn’t stand sitting that long,” he says. He would return to the Air Force and Vietnam, escorting search-and-rescue helicopters in a propeller-driven Douglas A-1 Skyraider. The unexpected
Rolls-Royce completes ground-testing of technology set to power the world’s fastest all-electric plane
with two mounted on the engine cowl, synchronized to fire through the propeller arc, and one in each wing. 2,200 rounds of ammunition were carried. The 7.5 mm (the bullet diameter was actually 7.78 mm, or .306-caliber) was a shorter, less powerful cartridge...
Flagship of the new FIRST line, the First 27 is unquestionably the fastest and safest cruiser in this size range.