Something else to keep in mind: a plane gets lighter as it burns fuel. Electric batteries don't get lighter as they expend energy. Chip Yates flew a few experi

Something else to keep in mind: a plane gets lighter as it burns fuel. Electric batteries don't get lighter as they expend energy. Chip Yates flew a few experimental electric airplanes a few years back. The last I heard, he had devised some sort of battery hot-swap system so he could fly from NY to England in one go. I don't think that one ever made it off the drawing board.