As hydrogen-powered flight garners increased attention and investment, the aviation industry is coming to grips with a fundamental reality: it’s not just about designing hydrogen planes; it’s about creating an entire ecosystem to support them.
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H2FLY, a Stuttgart-based company specializing in hydrogen-electric powertrain systems for aircraft, has achieved an aviation first: the world’s inaugural piloted flight of an electric aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen.
The Dornier 228 aircraft owned by ZeroAvia has been given permission to fly after being modified with its hydrogen-electric prototype powerplant by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The future of hydrogen aviation, powered by H3 Dynamics’ distributed hydrogen nacelles, flew for the first time in France.
A new study predicts that hydrogen will play a key role on flights of up to 3,400 kilometers. In order for the technology to prevail, however, political help is needed.
