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July 13, 2015

Airborne 07.13.15: Airbus Beat--Electrically, RIP Jim Bede, FAA Snubs Trump

Also: MI-14 Production Re-Start, Project Zero Flying, Aviation Gateway Park, Warbirds Top Action-Attractions, Twin Otter Expands, 2020 UAV Mkt Worth $1.27B, HAI Seeks Safety Director

Sometimes, all it takes is a little inspiration. ANN received an email from Pipistrel USA Master Distributor Michael Coates saying that while the Pipistrel Alpha would not be the first electric airplane to cross the English Channel, neither would the Airbus E-Fan aircraft, which completed the round trip Friday. As it turns out, that distinction went to French pilot Hugues Duwal, who crossed the channel from Calais, France to England and back in his single-place electric Cri-Cri E-Cristaline aircraft just hours before Airbus made the attempt in the other direction in the E-Fan. One of the icons of th

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