EADS, the parent company of Airbus, unveiled its latest four engine aircraft this week at the Green Aviation Show in Paris. Unlike the massive A380, this four engine airplane has just one seat. But ...

The Cri-Cri aircraft, developed jointly by EADS Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintonge and the Green Cri-Cri Association, took off at 11:12am CET for a seven-minute flight. According to EADS, ...

Remember the Cri-Cri, the world’s smallest electric plane? In August, we wrote how the vehicle had made its first maiden flight near Paris, and now it has shattered the speed record for electric ...

When Gizmag paid a visit to the Paris Green Air Show in June, there was one craft on display that seemed to steal the show. The Green Cri aerobatic electric airplane hadn't even left terra firma, yet ...

French pilot Hugues Duval broke his own speed record for electric aircraft after topping 175 mph. He made the record-setting flight in the same twin-engine Cri Cri airplane he flew to achieve his ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The electric Cri-Cri airplane was airborne Thursday – for all of seven ...

That tiny little contraption snugly holding in one pilot is the Cri-Cri, an all-electric airplane and the first of its kind that can perform aerobatic stunts and run on four engines. Built by Airbus ...

According to The Independent, Airbus test pilot Didier Esteyne flew the experimental electric aircraft from Lydd airfield in Kent (on the south coast of the United Kingdom) to Calais in France. The 36 ...

LONDON—Airbus’s electric-powered E-fan demonstrator has made a successful crossing of the English Channel, but its efforts were beaten by an enterprising French aviator. Aerobatic pilot Hugues Duval ...