A startup company made aviation history Thursday when it successfully flew the largest ever hydrogen-electric powered aircraft, which could pave the way for less environmentally harmful flights.
ZeroAvia counts commercial carriers, including American and United Airlines, among its investors, as the aviation industry — one of the world's most pollutive — invests in technology to decarbonize air travel. Hydrogen is considered among the most promising alternate fuel sources, and Thursday's demonstration marks a major step forward in ZeroAvia's goal of operating commercial routes with its technology by 2025.
The company's customers have pre-ordered 1,500 engines, which it expects will be delivered in 2025. The engine prototypes have received experimental certificates from both the U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority as well as the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S. ZeroAvia is also working on a powertrain that can fly aircraft with up to 90 seats.
United, which has ordered 50 hydrogen-electric engines from ZeroAvia, sees the tech as an integral part of its sustainability strategy and an important alternative to sustainable aviation fuel, which is produced from waste resources.
It's good we test many avenues in the push forward. However, when it comes aviation Safety must come first.
Nice, but at Davo's the elitist flew in on 1,000 private jets.
They need to drastically increase payload and distance to make this feasible
Yeah, let the rich environmental people fly these instead of their private jets. I don't trust this crap.
….. or more private jets…..
Entire fake newsroom has iphones that are not old. Hypocrite Hillary klan rally. Any Dems sell ocean front property. of course not.
What could go wrong with tanks of hydrogen flying over our heads?