The Electra EL9 kind of blends two worlds together. Electra is the name of a Northern Virginia-based aviation company that seems to have made it its mission to create a fixed-wing aircraft design ...
Operators from Africa, Europe, India, Brazil and the U.S. have signed up for the nine-seater Electra Aero is close to completing the preliminary design review for its EL9 hybrid-electric aircraft.
Electra.aero values preorders at nearly $9 billion. Credit: Electra Electra.aero says preorders for its EL9 Ultra Short, an electric short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL) aircraft, total more than 2,200.