ZeroAvia has taken delivery of a 76-seat Bombardier* Q400 airplane from Alaska Airlines. The craft could become a test bed for ZeroAvia’s modular HyperCore motors and hydrogen fuel systems. The Q400 will carry four times the number of passengers of the company’s current Dornier 228 twin-engine test aircraft – already having made five successful test flights. ZeroAvia proclaims, “The future of flight is renewable hydrogen,” and explains with a mission statement. “From 20 seat regional trips to over 100 seat long-distance flights, ZeroAvia enables scalable, sustainable aviation by replacing conventional engines with hydrogen-electric powertrains.” Two Dorniers, one in the United Kingdom and one in Hollister, California, are undergoing test flights (five so far in the Cotswolds in England) or awaiting FAA approval for such flights in Hollister. Acquiring the Bombardier brought a lot of attention to the Everett, Washington area recently, where ZeroAvia has a development center. Governor Jay Inslee came to inspect the project Q400 and prophecy about an increasingly …
