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  "textContent": "A project that aims to demonstrate the feasibility of electric flight at altitudes typically flown by commercial airliners has performed its first crewed flights with the battery technology it believes will power it into the stratosphere. The nonprofit organization Helios Horizon described the June 5 flights at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida as marking “the first flight of a human-piloted electric plane powered by solid-state batteries.” Long seen as the “holy grail” of […]\n\nThe post Helios Horizon pushes the boundaries of battery tech in crewed electric flight appeared first on The Air Current.",
  "title": "Helios Horizon pushes the boundaries of battery tech in crewed electric flight"
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