Heart Aerospace completes first flight of 'world's largest electric aircraft'
Heart Aerospace completed (13-Aug-2026) the first flight of the Heart X1 electric aircraft at Plattsburgh International Airport on 12-Aug-2026. The company stated the aircraft is "the largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown". Heart Aerospace is targeting entry into service for its 30 seat ES-30 hybrid-electric aircraft in 2031. Flight testing for the ES-30 is scheduled to commence in 2028. [more - original PR] [more - Aviation Week]
Background ✨
Heart Aerospace received a US FAA special airworthiness certificate for its X1 demonstrator in the experimental category, authorising flight testing, and it prepared the aircraft for a first flight at Plattsburgh International Airport.1 Heart Aerospace also commenced taxi tests of the modified X1 at Plattsburgh, having originally built it as a full-scale ground demonstrator before converting it into a piloted flying testbed for the ES-30 programme.2