This new ‘ion drive’ airplane flew straight out of science fiction. The quiet propulsion system has no moving parts. By Rob Verger. Published Nov 21, 2018 11:30 PM EST.

Artist impression of the plane. Steven Barrett (MIT) The researchers flew 10 flights using an aircraft with a five-metre wingspan, weighing less than 2.5 kilograms.

To understand why, you need to know two things: how ion drive works and how the engines differ when using them in an atmosphere. Let’s start with a space-based ion engine, a topic we’ve ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says it has successfully flown its ion plane, the first “solid state” airplane that has no moving parts and does not rely on fossil fuels.

AHMEDABAD, India — The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground. Indian authorities said Friday the ...

However, MIT recently demonstrated an ion-powered airplane. How exciting! ... how ion drive works and how the engines differ when using them in an atmosphere.

To do so, they specified an "ideal" ion drive with characteristics that enabled optimal values for some of the system's ...

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.