The next-gen aerospace company’s primary goal is the decarbonization of the aviation industry.Electra.aero has announced that it has successfully completed its first flight of a solar-battery-electric research plane equipped with fuel cells.The tested plane was an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with a wingspan of ninety feet.The first flight of the solar-electric UAS with fuel cells was from Virginia’s Manassas Regional Airport on September 9. It is the first aircraft the company has released from its new development facility at that location.The aircraft was called the Dawn One. That plane is a component of the larger Stratospheric Airborne Climate Observatory System (SACOS) program. The SACOS program’s development is being led by Harvard University’s Professor James G. Anderson. It has the support of a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
First flight of Solar-electric plane with fuel cells achieved by Electra.aero
