ZeroAvia Makes Aviation History, Flying World's Largest Aircraft Powered with a Hydrogen-Electric Engine
At 13.35 pm GMT this afternoon the aircraft completed taxi, take-off, a full pattern circuit, and landing.
- At 13.35 pm GMT this afternoon the aircraft completed taxi, take-off, a full pattern circuit, and landing.
- The twin-engine aircraft was retrofitted to incorporate ZeroAvia's hydrogen-electric engine on its left wing, which then operated alongside a single Honeywell TPE-331 stock engine on the right.
- ZeroAvia's 2-5 MW powertrain programme, already underway, will scale the clean engine technology for up to 90-seat aircraft, with further expansion into narrowbody aircraft demonstrators over the next decade.
- ZeroAvia will now work towards its certifiable configuration in order to deliver commercial routes using the technology by 2025.