Hydrogen-Fueled Dash 8 Nears Flight Testing

Universal Hydrogen’s Dash 8-300 flight-test aircraft

Universal Hydrogen’s Dash 8-300 flight-test aircraft will fly with gaseous hydrogen fuel before switching to liquid-fuel tests in 2023.

Credit: Universal Hydrogen
Universal Hydrogen’s ambitious plan to evaluate a 1-megawatt, hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system on a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 regional aircraft is accelerating toward the start of flight tests at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. Nearing its final phase, work to...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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