U.S: Heart Aerospace “to Carry Out First Comprehensive Electric Trial Flight at Plattsburgh International Airport”

Swedish hybrid-elec­tric air­plane mak­er, Heart Aero­space, aims to car­ry out the first com­pre­hen­sive elec­tric tri­al flight of its demon­stra­tor air­plane, Heart Exper­i­men­tal 1 (Heart X1), at upstate New York’s Platts­burgh Inter­na­tion­al Air­port in Clin­ton Coun­ty, ear­ly next year, reports a press release. 

This test flight of the X1, is set to become the largest elec­tric air­craft ever to fly, and marks a crit­i­cal mile­stone in Heart Aerospace’s devel­op­ment of its 30-seat hybrid-elec­tric region­al pas­sen­ger air­craft, the ES-30.

The release explains, “With an all-elec­tric, zero-emis­sions range of 200 kilo­me­tres and an extend­ed hybrid range of 400 kilo­me­tres, the ES-30 promis­es unmatched sus­tain­abil­i­ty and effi­cien­cy on short-haul routes.” It adds, “The ini­tial exper­i­men­tal flight of the Heart X1 demon­stra­tor is designed to val­i­date the capa­bil­i­ties of Heart’s inno­v­a­tive elec­tric propul­sion tech­nol­o­gy.”

Platts­burgh Inter­na­tion­al Air­port locat­ed in the Cham­plain Val­ley, was cho­sen as it is an emerg­ing hub for next-gen­er­a­tion trans­porta­tion. “With expan­sive air­field infra­struc­ture, low air traf­fic den­si­ty and strong com­mu­ni­ty sup­port for trans­porta­tion tech­nol­o­gy ini­tia­tives,” con­tin­ues the release, “The air­port offers an ide­al envi­ron­ment for Heart Aerospace’s exper­i­men­tal flight.”

Anders Forslund, Heart Aerospace’s co-Founder and CEO, com­ment­ed, “Elec­tric com­mer­cial air­planes have the poten­tial to low­er oper­at­ing costs for U.S air­lines, cre­at­ing a pow­er­ful oppor­tu­ni­ty to reestab­lish region­al air routes that stim­u­late local economies, boost tourism, and enhance access to urban hubs.” Adding, “We are impressed by the lead­er­ship shown by New York’s North Coun­try region in the sup­port of next gen­er­a­tion air­planes.”

Mark Hen­ry, Clin­ton Coun­ty Leg­is­la­ture Chair­man, remarked, “Heart Aerospace’s deci­sion to con­duct its ful­ly elec­tric exper­i­men­tal flight from Platts­burgh Inter­na­tion­al Air­port reflects Clin­ton County’s strong com­mit­ment to advanc­ing next-gen­er­a­tion trans­porta­tion tech­nolo­gies.”

He con­tin­ued, “The Coun­ty is strength­en­ing its posi­tion as a trans­porta­tion man­u­fac­tur­ing clus­ter, and we are excit­ed to be part of Heart’s jour­ney and the grow­ing sus­tain­able aero­space com­mu­ni­ty in upstate New York.”

The Heart X1 air­craft is cur­rent­ly under­go­ing exten­sive tests to ensure a safe and suc­cess­ful flight at Platts­burgh.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.heartaerospace.com 

(Top image: Heart X1 Exper­i­men­tal Flight Platts­burgh, Cred­it — Patrik Ols­son)

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