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Hydrogen Fuelling Now On Tap At New Zealand's Christchurch Airport
Local company Fabrum is partnered with electric aircraft developers AMSL Aero and Stralis
Fabrum liquid hydrogen fuel tanks
Fabrum has installed liquid hydrogen fuel tanks at Christchurch Airport in New Zealand.

Christchurch Airport in New Zealand is now equipped with liquid hydrogen fuel tanks as part of preparations for flight testing for a pair of hydrogen-electric aircraft. On October 28, locally-based company Fabrum unveiled its triple-skin composite fuel tank at a new test facility developed in partnership with aircraft manufacturers AMSL Aero and Stralis Aircraft.

Both of the Australian start-ups are going to use Fabrum’s cryogenic dewar vacuum flasks and on-board tanks to store liquid hydrogen. Sydney-based AMSL Aero is developing an aircraft called Vertiia, and has already conducted tethered flights as it prepares to expand the envelope with a second prototype. Brisbane-based Stralis is seeking to convert existing aircraft, such as the Beech Bonanza, to use its fuel cell-based propulsion system.