Heart Aerospace's Full-Scale Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Unveiled – Find Out When It Will Take Its First Flight!

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Heart Aerospace's Full-Scale Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Unveiled – Find Out When It Will Take Its First Flight!

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