Wendover Productions | Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming @Wendoverproductions | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
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Writing by Sam Denby
Research by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
Editing by Alexander Williard
Animation by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster

Select footage courtesy the AP Archive

References
[1] airport-technology.com/features/france-bans-short-haul-flight-industry-reacts
[2] airnav.com/fuel/local.html; iata.org/en/publications/economics/fuel-monitor
[3] regulations.gov/document/DOT-OST-1997-2784-0200
[4] prnewswire.com/news-releases/eviation-announces-first-commercial-customer-cape-air-for-its-all-electric-airplane-alice-300870249.html