Headline, Victorville CA Daily Press

SCLA a player in electric jet engine

If a phrase can be misinterpreted, as a former prescriptivist I will misinterpret it. My first reaction was that an electric engine had been developed to power a jet

...especially after reading, "As Boeing begins assembling its electrically powered Dreamliner 787..." Of course I shortly dismissed the idea, owing to the prohibitive mass of the required battery

SCLA, incidentally, means Southern California Logistics Airport, not Sex-Crazed Los Angeles

It is of course an advanced engine, but I'm sure it uses conventional fuel. The aircraft was called "electric" thanks to high-tech electrical bells and whistles such as LED cabin lighting

Owing to space limitations a headline can often convey a mistaken impression. But would anyone else have had the same reaction

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