While Ampaire’s public-facing activities revolve around its electric EEL engineering test bed aircraft, what the Hawthorne, California company is focusing on now is a supplemental type certificate (STC) for a hybrid-electric conversion of the Cessna Caravan single-engine turboprop utility airplane.
In July, Ampaire owner Surf Air Mobility announced that it had ordered 100 Grand Caravan EXs with options for 50 more and that deliveries are set to begin in the second quarter of 2022. Plans call for Ampaire to convert the Caravans to hybrid-electric power once the STC is obtained; then Surf Air Mobility will place them with operating partners that participate in the Surf Air Mobility charter platform. Prior to obtaining the STC, the Caravans will be flown in their normal Pratt & Whitney PT6 turboprop configuration.
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