When a highly-modified Piper Malibu Mirage broke ground in Cranfield, England, last week for a lap around the pattern and return for landing, from the ground it appeared to be a typical flight. What was notable about this short circuit around the airport was that the airplane was powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, which ZeroAvia says is the world’s first flight with zero-emission fuel for a “commercial-grade” passenger airplane.
ZeroAvia Completes Milestone Hydrogen Fuel Cell Flight
Key Takeaways:
- ZeroAvia successfully conducted the world's first zero-emission flight of a "commercial-grade" passenger airplane, a modified Piper Malibu Mirage, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
- The company plans to rapidly scale hydrogen-powered aviation, aiming for 250-mile flights with 6-seat aircraft by the end of the year, 50-seat aircraft for 500+ miles in five years, and 100-seat jets for over 1,000 miles by the end of the decade.
- This achievement is part of the UK government-supported HyFlyer project, which also saw the development of the Hydrogen Airport Refueling Ecosystem (HARE) at Cranfield Airport, a world's first for commercial aircraft propulsion.
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