UH2 Hydrogen-Electric Dash 8 Flight Tests Progress To Phase 2

Universal Hydrogen aircraft

The new flight-test phase will incorporate an upgraded turbo-compressor to allow envelope expansion up to altitudes of 25,000 ft.

Credit: Matt Hartman
Backlit by the rising Sun for its dawn takeoff, Universal Hydrogen’s De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 hydrogen-electric demonstrator seemed to be kicking up dust as it accelerated down Runway 30 at the Mojave Air & Space Port. But while dust is hardly surprising at a desert runway, the faint swirls in...

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