E-Fan to perform historic flight across the English Channel

Airbus’ electric aircraft E-Fan is set to perform an historic flight over the English Channel, following in the footsteps of Louis Blériot’s first Channel crossing more than 100 years ago this month. The twin-engine electric plane is scheduled for take off from Lydd at approximately 10:15 a.m. CET, pending appropriate weather conditions, for a 45 minutes flight to Calais