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Embry-Riddle Partners on Electric Airplane Project

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Key Takeaways:

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is partnering with Erik Lindbergh's company, Powering Imagination, to develop new electric and hybrid power systems for aircraft.
  • The collaboration aims to curb aircraft emissions and noise, addressing a growing public relations challenge for the aviation industry.
  • Their joint initiative involves converting a Diamond HK36 motorglider to electric power for testing new propulsion system components at Embry-Riddle's Green Flight Program.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is partnering with a company founded by Erik Lindbergh, the grandson of Charles Lindbergh, to curb emissions and noise from aircraft engines by developing new electric and hybrid power systems.

Lindbergh, CEO of Powering Imagination, and Dr. Richard Anderson, Director of the Eagle Flight Research Center at Embry-Riddle, noted that pollution and noise from aircraft engines is becoming a serious P.R. problem for aviation.

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