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#1870819
Bill McCarthy wrote:A big prize, say £2million, which pushed things forward in the early days of aviation, for the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic on electrical power only ....


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Rob P
By johnm
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#1870950
It seems to designed as a record breaker whether that contributes to practical electric aircraft development only time will tell
#1871265
Looking at the size of the wing I wouldn't be surprised if the approach speed was well over 100kt!!
There is a video somewhere of a chap flying the original Nemesis NXT to the Smithsonian at Dulles with several intermediate stops from Nevada - he mentioned something closer to 150kt!!