Ampaire Flies Longest Ever Nonstop Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Mission

Ampaire's hybrid-electric EEL demonstrator aircraft completed a 1,880 statute mile (3,025 km) trip from Los Angeles to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Ampaire says the trip "included the single longest nonstop flight ever made by a hybrid-electric aircraft - 1,135 miles." The trip started from California's Camarillo Airport with a short 85-mile repositioning flight, before resuming on Thursday with the 1,135-mile sector to Hays Airport in Kansas. Ampaire says the EEL demonstrated fuel savings of up to 40% versus a standard Cessna Skymaster, the aircraft on which it is based.