Engines

Rolls-Royce electric speed record bid ‘on track’

By 2019-12-20T09:08:00

R-R Accel airframe c Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce is “on track” to go to the 2020 Farnborough air show touting a world speed record for electric flight – and to be a leader in electrification – after unveiling the airframe it hopes to push to 260kt (480kmh) in the second quarter

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