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Joby's 523-mile eVTOL flight: A huge leap for hydrogen aviation
In a stunning validation of hydrogen's potential in aircraft, Joby Aviation has made an incredible 523-mile non-stop flight with its S4 eVTOL air taxi. That's more than triple its range on batteries, and an absolute landmark moment for clean aviation. It's the first flight of its kind ever announced, an enormous technical milestone, an absolute demolition of Joby's previous 154-mile (248-km) record, and a strong move that looks beyond the company's first priority:… (newatlas.com) More...
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Liquid Hydrogen? Wow. Huge safety risk and incredibly expensive to liquefy it. Not at all practical.
No passengers: remote-controlled. Not that big a deal.
Come to think of it I've heard gliders can go further!
There's a big difference between an aircraft carrying 80% of its own weight as fuel and actually lifting that weight "and a number of passengers". Think nuclear!
Remember the Hindenburg
Cheers all.