Orkney Islands Opens Sustainable Flight Test Center

Ampaire’s Electric EEL
Construction of the SATE hangar is now underway. Ampaire’s Electric EEL is pictured here outside Kirkwall Airport’s fire station.
Credit: Colin Keldie/K4 Graphics
Just as important as Ampaire’s hybrid-electric flights between the Scottish mainland and Orkney is the creation of a test center in the Orcadian capital of Kirkwall. Ampaire’s trial was the first to be completed as part of the SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment) project, a collaboration of...

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