Electric airplane hits 155 MPH

An electric airplane at a demonstration in Italy hit 155 miles per hour in an eight minute flight. See here for more.

The SkySpark is powered by a 75kW brushless electric motor and lithium polymer batteries. The project was coordinated by Italy's own DigiSky, an engineering company specializing in aeronautics, in conjunction with Turin Polytechnic University.

How sweet would that be to fly in a plane that makes so little noise?

An electric airplane

Supposedly this airplane can fly up to an hour. It uses lithium battery packs, which weigh 78 pounds. The motor weighs 28 pounds and the whole thing weighs only 380 pounds. Learn more here.

This looks kind of like a Prius with wings.

Here's a video of the Electraflyer in flight.