- ID
- 5561227
- Banca
- Aeronáutica
- Órgão
- EEAR
- Ano
- 2021
- Provas
- Disciplina
- Inglês
- Assuntos
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Building on a breakthrough: Firm hoping to extend range of
hydrogen-powered plane
The firm behind the world’s first hydrogen-electric powered
passenger plane flight is hoping to extend the range of the aircraft
by the end of the year.
ZeroAvia made the breakthrough by completing a 15-minute
flight at an airfield in southern England last month.
“It is not the future, it’s reality,” Sergey Kiselev, ZeroAvia’s
European chief told Euronews in an interview on Thursday,
referring to hydrogen-powered planes. “We are working on
expanding the range of the reach of the aircraft. By the end of the
year, this exact aircraft will be able to fly about 300 nautical
miles.”
It is hoped ZeroAvia’s maiden flight will be the first step in
making one of the most polluting industries green.
“The only emission from this aeroplane in flight is water
vapour,” said Val Miftakhov, CEO and founder of ZeroAvia, back
in September.
“We also have a fueling infrastructure set up that ensures
zero-emission production of hydrogen itself. It’s clean, it’s less
noisy, and they will be able to fly without feeling guilty for
flying.”
https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/22/building-on-a-breakthrough-firmhoping-to-extend-range-of-hydrogen-powered-plane.
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