Ampaire Reaches Alaska as It Extends Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Flight Testing
Its Electric EEL technology demonstrator flew 3,400 miles as part of a series of sorties that eventually reached Fairbanks International Airport.
Ampaire has been extending flight testing of its hybrid-electric technology demonstrator aircraft, Alaska being the latest destination. This week, the company reported that as part of a 3,400-mile series of flights starting in Southern California, where it is headquartered, its test aircraft landed at Fairbanks International Airport on August 13.
According to Ampaire, the flight was the first by a hybrid-electric aircraft in Alaska. It was also an international flight as the aircraft made stops in Canada, with a trip up the Pacific Coast made possible due to the deployment of multiple mobile electric aircraft chargers in Canada and the U.S.
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