World's largest battery-powered aircraft completes successful maiden flight

A very big airplane that runs only on batteries just flew for the first time.

It is called the X1 and was made by a company called Heart Aerospace.

This airplane is about the size of a small passenger plane and can seat 30 people.

It weighs more than an empty school bus.

The X1 flew for 27 minutes and went about 1,100 feet into the air.

Only a pilot was inside the plane during the test.

This is the largest battery-powered airplane that has ever flown.

People are excited because it shows electric flying might be possible one day.

But batteries are still very heavy, and the plane cannot fly very far yet.

So it will be a while before we can all fly in electric planes.