Hydrogen-electric aviation breakthrough in Brisbane, Australia from Stralis Aircraft

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Hydrogen-electric aviation breakthrough in Brisbane

Newsroom.bne.com.au | 15 December 2024

Stralis Aircraft has successfully completed a hydrogen-electric powered propellor spin on a ground-demonstrator aircraft, fondly known as “Clyde”, at Brisbane Airport.

It’s another step toward emission-free flight, with much of the work undertaken at Stralis’ base at Aviation Australia, Queensland, Australia.

The test was performed using fuel cells and gaseous hydrogen, with the only emission from the system being water vapour. This is a key milestone on the path to getting “Bonnie”, the sister experimental flight-demonstrator Bonanza A36 aircraft, into Queensland skies in 2025.

The event was the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, marking the first hydrogen-electric propeller spin test on a registered aircraft at an international airport.



Flying is a carbon-intensive mode of transport. Yet no practical and scalable, truly emission-free options exist to decarbonise by 2050 (IATA Net Zero). Clean hydrogen has the potential to contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of aviation.

Stralis was founded on a singular idea: to be the world's leading emission-free aircraft company, producing high-performance, low-operating-cost hydrogen-electric propulsion systems and aircraft. The team is now one step closer to making this a reality...more
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