Ampaire Hybrid-Electric EEL Demonstrator in Record Flight to Oshkosh AirVenture

Ampaire’s hybrid-electric EEL demonstrator—a converted Cessna 337—made a 1,633-NM record flight from Camarillo, California, to the EAA’s annual AirVenture event at Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on July 22. The hybrid-electric EEL’s record flight included an initial nonstop segment of 986 NM on July 21 from Camarillo to Hays, Kansas, a record for a nonstop hybrid-electric aircraft. The EEL, based on the “push-pull” centerline thrust Cessna 337 twin, is classed as a “parallel hybrid” since...