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Boeing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrator

Tail #

EC-001

Donors

Museum of Flight

Description

Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator (BHFCD): "In an effort to develop environmentally progressive technologies for aerospace applications, Boeing researchers and industry partners throughout Europe conducted experimental flight tests in February and March 2008 of a manned airplane powered only by a fuel cell and lightweight batteries. The Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane used a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell/lithium-ion battery hybrid system to power an electric motor, which is coupled to a conventional propeller. The fuel cell provided all power for the cruise phase of flight. During takeoff and climb, the flight segment that requires the most power, the system relied on lightweight lithium-ion batteries.” - Boeing Website


The Tail # is EC-001 which is a Spanish designation for Test and Delivery Aircraft. To this date it hasn’t been registered in the US and doesn’t have an  N Number.


The BHFCD is on loan to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum.


More Websites

AV Web Video: https://youtu.be/XzeCQblYHic?si=tlDY7Qg2EGiPBHiX

Evergreen Museum: https://www.evergreenmuseum.org/

Boeing Info Page: https://secure.boeingimages.com/archive/Boeing-Fuel-Cell-Demonstrator-2F3XC5WZCWO.html


Where You Can Find Me

500 Northeast Captain Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR 97128, USA

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