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  • Electric airplanes feature on PBS

    From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Monday, October 19, 2026 16:14:33
    Hi denizens,
    Was lucky enough to watch the News Hour on PBS this
    afternoon 3 PM PDT to see the several airframes in flight.
    Present range is at 150 miles for 5 passengers.
    Could not find the link to the current show but here is
    something.
    <https://www.pbs.org/video/going-electric-1715288833/>

    bliss - Tom Swift did it much earlier and no limitations on range
    Ink on paper is wonderful, describing what is not...

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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 12:50:20
    On 10/19/2026 7:14 PM, BobbieSellers wrote:
    ˙˙˙˙Hi denizens,
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Was lucky enough to watch the News Hour on PBS this
    ˙˙˙˙afternoon 3 PM PDT to see the several airframes in flight.
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Present range is at 150 miles for 5 passengers.
    ˙˙˙˙Could not find the link to the current show but here is
    ˙˙˙˙something.
    ˙˙˙˙<https://www.pbs.org/video/going-electric-1715288833/>

    bliss - Tom Swift did it much earlier and no limitations on range
    ˙˙˙˙Ink on paper is wonderful, describing what is not...

    PBS's Nova did a show on this in 2021. Its a bit out of date now,
    but I've seen that some of the projects shown continure to move
    forwardl.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-9gCM4UV5o

    pt

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