Engineers achieve historic first with state-of-the-art aircraft test: 'Will show the world just how far we've come'

Engineers achieve historic first with state-of-the-art aircraft test: 'Will show the world just how far we've come'

It's a pretty safe bet that you didn't fly to work this morning, but that could change sooner than you think. A new kind of aircraft just pulled off something that's never been done in Europe. The Axe — a quiet, fully electric aircraft — finished its first round-trip flight between two airfields in the United Kingdom, Vertical Magazine reported. Photo Credit: Skyfly And it did all this without burning a single drop of fuel. Dr. Brooks, Skyfly T…