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AeroDelft Student Team Flies First Prototype of ‘Phoenix’ Hydrogen-powered Aircraft
The student-led team also revealed the larger Phoenix Full Scale with a taxi run at Breda International Airport in the Netherlands.
AeroDelft's Phoenix Prototype makes its first test flight in the Netherlands, on June 14, 2022.
AeroDelft's Phoenix Prototype makes its first test flight in the Netherlands, on June 14, 2022. (Credit: AeroDelft)

A team of students at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has successfully flown the first prototype of its Phoenix hydrogen-powered aircraft. 

The AeroDelft student team aims to promote the use of liquid hydrogen as an alternative to conventional aviation fuels by developing two hydrogen-powered aircraft: the remotely piloted Phoenix Prototype and the two-seat Phoenix Full Scale, which the team revealed today with a taxi run during the annual AeroDelft Summer Event at Breda International Airport in the Netherlands.