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Worthy endeavors
P2010. That project is being funded by the European Union's Horizon
2020 research and innovation program.
H2FLY
This hydrogen-powered four-seater uses 20 pounds of pressurized
hydrogen to allow flights with ranges up to 380 nautical miles. The
hydrogen charging process takes five to six minutes. The company
says the H2Fly project is scalable and could easily evolve into a 40-seat
regional aircraft by 2025, with a range of 1,080 nautical miles. In April
2022, the H2Fly reached 7,230 feet on a flight from the Friedrichshafen
airport, which the company says is higher than any other hydrogenpowered
aircraft to date.
H55
This is a project that powers a Bristell airframe with three electric
motors. Co-founder Gregory Blatt, who was involved in the solar-powered
Solar Impulse around-the-world flight, said that the H55 had its
first flight in June 2019, has completed much of its flight-test program,
and should go to market later in 2022, under EASA's CS-23 certification
rules. H55, a Swiss company, manufactures the airplane's motor,
power controller, and gearbox.
JUNKERS A50, A60, JU 52 NG
Legendary German manufacturer Junkers, now a part of the American
Waco Aircraft Corp., unveiled three new designs-the tandem twoseat,
Rotax-powered A50; the two-seat, side-by-side retractable A60,
also Rotax-powered; and a vastly upgraded version of the historic Ju52
trimotor. The open-cockpit A50 will be certified under German ultralight
rules, as will be A60. The A50 will have a 1929-style instrument
panel; the aft cockpit will have state-of-the-art Garmin avionics. The
$191,000 A50 should be certified later in 2022. The A60's first flight is
set for Spring 2023. Alas, the new Ju52 NG will not have Rotax power.
The 14-seater will have three 500- to 600-horsepower Red turbodiesel
engines. And yes, all the new Junkers will have the company's signature
corrugated airframe. tom.horne@aopa.org
Endeavor Awards recognize
public benefit flying
BY SARAH DEENER
TWO VOLUNTEER PILOTS honored with the 2022 Endeavor
Awards have changed lives across the continent, with hundreds
of medical and relief flights to their names.
Angel Flight West recognized Patient Airlift Services
pilot Mark Hanson and Angel Flight South Central pilot
Raymond Bailey with the prestigious public benefit flying
award at the California Science Center in Los Angeles May
13, under the space shuttle Endeavour.
Hanson, a Massachusetts native, began taking flight
lessons in 2009 and later joined PALS, for which he has
now flown more than 250 medical flights. In addition to
serving on the boards of organizations such as PALS, Air
Care Alliance, and Above the Clouds, Hanson has flown
more than 60 domestic and international missions for volunteer
pilot organizations. Award organizers estimate his
donations of his time and transportation costs are close to
a value of $1 million.
Bailey, president of Lone Star Communications, joined
Angel Flight South Central in 2004 and has flown close
to 300 missions for the organization. He has used his
Beechcraft King Air F90 to initiate relief efforts in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, following Hurricane Katrina and to ferry
medical supplies to unimproved strips in Haiti, among
other missions.
The Inspiration Award went to serial entrepreneurs
Ben Marcus and Cyrus Sigari of UP.Partners and Jeff
Sperring, CEO of Seattle Children's Hospital.
Marcus and Sigari, both experienced pilots, founded
UP.Partners to invest in cutting-edge transportation
technologies. The venture is only the latest in a series of
successful ventures by the lifelong friends (see " Changing
the World, " June 2022 AOPA Pilot). Sperring came to, a
pediatrician, joined the Seattle Children's team in 2015 and
leads a team "" leads a world-class team of healthcare providers,
researchers, and staff who are united by the mission
to provide hope, care and cures to help every child live the
healthiest and most fulfilling life possible, " according to
Endeavor Award organizers.
The Endeavor Awards are dedicated to increasing
awareness of the contributions of aviation to the
public good, encouraging involvement in charitable
flying, and increasing support for volunteer flying organizations.
Pilot, journalist, and humanitarian Christina
Pascucci was master of ceremonies for the 2022 event.
sarah.deener@aopa.org
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