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CHINA CERTIFIES FIRST COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC PLANE
SA Flyer Magazine
|February 2025
China has certified a four-place electric aircraft under Part 23 regulations making it the first to qualify for commercial operations beyond flight training.
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THE LIAONING General Aviation Academy (LGAA)'s RX4E, which first flew in 2019, will be marketed globally with a focus on short-haul flights in areas without good roads.
The RX4E will target underdeveloped countries with poor roads for short-haul flights.
The manufacturer says the plane, which is about the size of Cessna 182 but with a much longer 45-foot wingspan, will have a 90 minute endurance with a range of about 160 miles and a cruise speed of about 120 knots.
This story is from the February 2025 edition of SA Flyer Magazine.
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