Ampaire to test hybrid-electric aircraft in UK
27th April 2021 9:52 Europe/London
Hybrid-electric aircraft developer Ampaire is to demonstrate its testbed aircraft in the UK in two locations: the Orkney Islands and Exeter in the south-west.
The demo flights are to show airlines how Ampaire’s hybrid-electric propulsion system could work on smaller, regional aircraft.
The first stop is the Orkney Islands in Scotland for participation this summer in what’s known as SATE – Sustainable Aviation Test Environment – a programme supported by the UK government’s Future Flight Challenge.
Ampaire’s ‘Electric EEL’ – a Cessna 337 upgraded to hybrid-electric power
Ampaire’s demo aircraft is a Cessna 337 which has power units in the nose and the tail. It has been prepared for the Scottish flights, over water between Wick and Kirkwall, with specially painted wingtips to represent the tartan pattern of Highlands and Island Airports Limited (HIAL), which oversees SATE.
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Greg Meholic
Mr. Greg Meholic is member of the AIAA Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion Technical Committee, a regular chair of the Future Flight sessions at the Joint Propulsion Conferences, and has published a number of papers about faster-than-light travel, the construct of space-time, and the grand unified theory. He currently supports space launch vehicle concept development and propulsion system studies for the US Government. During the past seven years, Greg has worked on upper-stage cryogenic rocket engine performance and design assessments for the US government space launch program as well as launch vehicle operational requirements, launch systems and designs, and other advanced propulsion projects. Mr. Meholic was previously employed at General Electric Aircraft Engines where he worked in gas turbine performance and preliminary design, component life analysis, mechanical design and advanced concept development. His work on the pulse detonation engine program there allowed
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