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Rolls-Royce Electric Racer Begins Taxi Tests The Rolls-Royce ACCEL program, short for Accelerating the Electrification of Flight, has successfully completed its initial taxi tests, an important milestone prior to first flight. The airframe is based on the Nemesis NXT homebuilt, which was designed as a Reno air racer and 10 kits were put into the world. According to Rolls-Royce’s minister for Business, Paul Scully, “The taxiing of Rolls-Royce’s ‘Spirit of Innovation’ forms part of an exciting new chapter in aviation as we move towards its first flight in the spring. Set to be the wor...

The all-carbon-frame aerobatic airplane breaks into new territory for the designer. The Extra NG is certified to plus/minus 10gs to match its siblings in the company’s aerobatic lineup. Extra Aircraft Unveiled at Oshkosh 2019, the new Extra NG has now been approved by the FAA, adding to the EASA certification it saw in the fall of 2019. The news signals the beginning of deliveries into the US and other customers, and a new step forward for Extra. We talked with Walter Extra about the process behind bringing a mostly-composite airframe to life and shared that in a recent article in the De...