World's First Electric Vertical Takeoff And Landing Jet Completes Maiden Flight

Features and Benefits: 185 Mile (300 km) range: Travel from London to Paris in one hour. 185 mph (300 km/h) speed: Fly as fast as a Formula One car. All-electric: Commute without emissions and noise pollution. Low Noise: Less noise than a motorbike. More info at lilium.com

A full-size prototype of the airplane made its maiden voyage in April 2017, with no one in either of the two seats and a pilot controlling it from the ground. Note: An "electric jet engine" is a powerful electric fan. A jet engine is an engine discharging a fast-moving jet that generates thrust by jet propulsion. This broad definition includes airbreathing jet engines (turbojets, turbofans, ramjets) and non-airbreathing jet engines (rocket engines).

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Lilium Aviation from Munich, Germany successfully completed the first test flight of its all-electric, two-seater, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft prototype.