Aerospace · Recorded milestone

Largest electric aircraft flies

Recorded year2026

Heart Aerospace's X1, a full-scale electric demonstrator for a 30-seat airliner, flies for 27 minutes on over a megawatt of electric power in August 2026.

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Built on

Jet airlinerRecorded · 1952enables
Digital fly-by-wireRecorded · 1972enables
Power transistors (IGBT)Recorded · 1983enables

Led to

Electric regional aircraftForecast · ~2031enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.