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All-Electric Fixed-Wing Offloads Cargo at JB MDL

by sylpho4u · July 10, 2024

All-Electric Fixed-Wing Offloads Cargo at JB MDL- BETA Technologies prototype ALIA CTOL battery-powered fixed-wing aircraft prepares for takeoff at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, July 9, 2024. 305 Maintainance Squadron’s Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory team loaded the aircraft with 222 lbs of cargo for delivery to Dover AFB. BETA partnered with AFWERX Agility Prime to test the capabilities of moving cargo between bases in a safer, cleaner, and more cost-effective way. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph Vigil)

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All-Electric Fixed-Wing Offloads Cargo at JB MDL

by sylpho4u · July 10, 2024

All-Electric Fixed-Wing Offloads Cargo at JB MDL- JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ – Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst played a vital role in a historic first cargo flight as part of a demonstration of the ALIA CTOL battery-powered fixed-wing aircraft, July 9, 2024. The National Aviation Recreation Parks and Technology in Atlantic City tested the aircraft’s cargo usage by flying a lap pattern from Atlantic City, Dover AFB, and JB MDL.The U.S. Air Force, in a significant partnership with BETA Technologies, has been instrumental in the development of ALIA. This groundbreaking aircraft, with a range of 250 nautical miles and the capacity to…

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