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ZeroAvia intends to convert two Dornier 228 aircraft to use hydrogen
By: Gabriela Ramos
On: 7/3/2021
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ZeroAvia, a developer of hydrogen-powered aircraft, announced yesterday, 29, that it intends to convert two 19-seat Dornier 228 twin-engine aircraft for use with hydrogen fuel, continuing its zero-emissions goal. One of the aircraft will be used in the United Kingdom and the other in the United States.
The move is part of the HyFlyer II program, the second project led by ZeroAvia, and supported by the UK government, aimed at developing a hydrogen fuel cell.
On HyFlyer I, the company successfully demonstrated, in three flight test campaigns, a 250 kW engine in a six-seater airplane, and all technical objectives of the project were achieved, including a cruise flight with only the fuel cell.
“We are eager and ready to begin testing our hydrogen electric power train technology in a larger commercial size aircraft and are grateful to our investors and funders for their continued support of our vision of sustainable aviation,” said Val Miftakhov, founder and CEO of ZeroAvia. “Various projections indicate that aviation could account for more than 25% of human-induced weather effects by 2050. We are on track to help reverse this trend, first with our successful six-seat tests and now with the P
Gabriela Ramos
Gabriela is the latest addition to the editorial team of our website, having provided us with her solid background in editing, publishing and photography, and her interest and training in aviation history and historiography. His good taste and common sense and great cleverness and sagacity in the selection of themes and materials greatly enriched our vocabulary and narrative style. Gabriela brought unusual predicates and came to stay, helping to point the way of success of our portal.
   
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