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September 02, 2024

Aero-TV: VoltAero's Eyes Electric-Hybrid Propulsion

Liquid Hydrogen Powerplant Development Is Also In The Works

Jean Botti, CEO & CTO of VoltAero, was kind enough to give Aero-News a quick rundown on what makes their Cassio 330 so special. The Cassio family is a single-engine General Aviation hybrid, sporting a sleek, streamlined body, fixed gear, and a pusher prop configuration. The Cassio 330 will be the most accessible of the family, with seating for 4 and a combined 330-kw motor output. Its bigger siblings, the Cassio 480 and 600, sport increasing power and passenger capacities, with 6 seats and 480 kilowatts and 12 seats and 600 kilowatts at the high end. For now, though, Voltaer

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NTSB Preliminary Report: Hendrickson Glasair 3

After Returning The Magnetos To The BOTH Position, The Engine Lost All Power

On August 3, 2024, about 1125 eastern daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Glasair 3 airplane, N121CH, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Oxford, Maine. The airline transport pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 test flight. The flight was the airplane’s seventh test flight in phase 1 of the amateur build. The purpose of the flight was to evaluate takeoff and landing performance. Following normal engine run-up and ground operations, the pilot departed from Oxford County Regional Airport (81B), Oxford, Maine and conducted multiple takeoffs and landin

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