Airbus | Airbus' Blue Condor: First full hydrogen powered flight @airbus | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 minutes ago.
The modified glider at the centre of Airbus UpNext’s hydrogen contrail-studying experiment, Blue Condor, made its first hydrogen-powered flight over Nevada in the United States on 8 November. The flight was the company’s first ever to use hydrogen as the sole fuel source, and it kicked off a test campaign that will conclude in a contrail-measuring mission in early 2024. More info: airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2023-11-contrail-chasing-blue-condor-makes-airbus-first-full-hydrogen-powered
The modified glider at the centre of Airbus UpNext’s hydrogen contrail-studying experiment, Blue Condor, made its first hydrogen-powered flight over Nevada in the United States on 8 November. The flight was the company’s first ever to use hydrogen as the sole fuel source, and it kicked off a test campaign that will conclude in a contrail-measuring mission in early 2024. More info: airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2023-11-contrail-chasing-blue-condor-makes-airbus-first-full-hydrogen-powered
