A CENTURY AGO, a group of publishing magnates sponsored the Pulitzer Trophy Race, a 51km closed-course competition designed to headline the National Air Races series and highlight the rapidly developing technology of flight (not to mention sell newspapers). Today, the National Aeronautic Association, the oldest non-profit aviation group in the US, plans to resurrect the contest as a four-day cross-country endurance race for a range of crewed electric-propulsion aircraft; at the same time, across the pond, a trio of air-racing organisations are aiming to get their own competitive e-circuits off the ground. The age of electric air racing, it seems, has finally arrived – well, almost.
Airborne electric-propulsion technologies have evolved swiftly in recent years, as evidenced by the emergence of several dozen electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft firms, a handful of which boast serious investors and working prototypes. But electrified air racing hasn’t taken off at the same rate, with founders struggling to secure R&D investment and grappling with the realities of funding, regulating and marketing a new racing series during an ongoing pandemic.
Bu hikaye Robb Report Singapore dergisinin October 2022 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye Robb Report Singapore dergisinin October 2022 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
BREAKING DOWN WALLS
Georgina Atkinson, managing partner of Origin Private Office, on the evolving landscape of high-end real estate.
Aged Gracefully
The Benromach 50 Years Old by Gordon & MacPhail is a delicious single malt, touched by love, passion and the human hand.
This Month's Feed
Only the best dining and drinking spots in Singapore.
Small-scale Thinking
Architect Todd Saunders wants to change the way we approach hospitality design from the ground up.
Todd Snyder Is Exactly Where He Wants To Be
\"Our whole goal is to present product in a way that guys get it and understand it, versus 'Here's some crazy aspirational brand-you go figure it out on your own'.\"
Depp Dive Into Sauvage
Johnny Depp on music, scents and the mystique of creativity.
Time For Poetry
Pascal Raffy on his love affair with the 202-year-old house of Bovet.
One of a Kind
The incomparable Lange 1 turns 30 this year and A. Lange & Söhne marks the occasion with its trademark understatement.
P For Personality
Enhance your swing, and inject your personal style while you're at it, with TaylorMade's new P-770 and P-7CB irons.
The Short-hop-adventure-craft Category Takes Off
Inside the flight deck of Pivotal's Blackfly eVTOL, an ultra-smart ultra-light with eight propellers, electric propulsion and no pilot's licence required.