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PLANET LETTER. Faced with the climate emergency, the sector must divide its ecological footprint by ten and design a “green” aircraft now.
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By Guerric Poncet
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Un funny bird took off on March 30, 2022 from Deelen Air Base, the Netherlands. A future airliner demonstrator has been tested by the French (Onera), Dutch (NLR) and Italian (Cira) aerospace research agencies in collaboration with Airbus and the European Union through its Clean Sky 2 program. This model reduced A320 stuffed with sensors, with a wingspan of four meters for a take-off weight of 140 kg and a maximum speed of 157 km / h, must be used to test breakthrough technologies “in order to achieve energy neutrality of the air transport system by 2050”, explains Onera.
The three national research agencies have divided the roles: the Italians have developed its guidance and navigation system, the Dutch…
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