On April 10, 2026, test pilot Ric Webb touched down at Roland-Désourdy Airport in Bromont, Quebec, after completing something no one had done before: flying a full airport circuit in a piloted hydrogen-powered helicopter. The aircraft was a modified Robinson R44, its original Lycoming gasoline engine replaced entirely by two proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks, a magniX electric motor, and a small lithium-ion buffer battery. The only substance leaving its exhaust stack
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