Pipistrel
Slovenian aircraft manufacturer
Pipistrel d.o.o Ajdovščina is a Slovenian company that makes ultralight aircraft. The headquarters are in Ajdovščina. The company was bought (2022) by the American company, Textron.
The company has produced more than 2000 aircraft (as of 2019).[1]
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HY4, electric flight is powered by liquid hydrogen; In 2023, its longest flight was over 3 hours.[2][3]
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Alpha Trainer, has Rotax 912 engine; empty weight 279 kg (615 lb)
Sources
change- ↑ "Pipistrel Makes It an Even 1,000 Sinus/Virus Aircraft". Flying Mag. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ↑ "H2FLY's HY4 Completes First-Ever Piloted Flight Of Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Electric Plane". www.msn.com. 19 September 2023.
- ↑ "H2FLY And Partners Complete World's First Piloted Flight of Liquid Hydrogen Powered Electric Aircraft". www.h2fly.de. 7 September 2023.
- ↑ "Pipistrel Panthera webpage". Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-27.