Electric plane lands at JFK Airport in historic first flight to New York City

Something pretty wild just happened in New York City, and you probably didn’t even hear it… literally. You see, a fully electric aircraft just landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport, making history as the first of its kind to touch down at any of the three major airports run by the Port Authority. The plane, called ALIA, came from aerospace company BETA Technologies and flew about 45 minutes with a handful of passengers onboard. How cool is that? This wasn’t a gimmick, folks. The flight was part of a serious initiative from the Port Authority to test next-generation transportation… [Continue Reading]