Despite amazing aeronautic advancements over the past few decades, commercial airplanes still rely on jet fuel. Though some wouldn’t believe a hybrid-electric aircraft could exist, that’s precisely what Airbus and Rolls-Royce set out to do in 2017 with the E-Fan X. Though the idea of an electric or hybrid commercial jetliner seemed far-fetched in 2017, the Airbus program opened up a whole train of thought that would go on to inspire future electric aircraft. Though the E-Fan X program
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