The future of aviation isn't a sleek jet — it's a tiny whale-shaped airplane that could turn The Jetsons fantasy of aerial commuting into reality. Vermont-based startup Beta Technologies aims to convince US consumers that electric aviation has arrived in ways that will change how they travel for work and leisure , and invited media to ride in the state-of-the-art all-electric aircraft that it calls the Alia CX300. For 20 minutes, we zipped above Burlington at over 100 miles per hour as test