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Tuesday April 17, 2007
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 Why, just last week I wrote about Horizon's new H-Cell. Now, the company writes to tell me that its hydrogen fuel cell jet, known as the Hyfish, is the first fast plane with jet wings able to fly with a hydrogen fuel cell over the remote hills of Bern, Switzerland. It performed "vertical climbs, loops and other aerial acrobatics at speeds reaching 200 km/h (~124 mph)." The Hyfish took 1.5 years to develop, weighing 6kg (~13 lbs) and measuring 1.2 meters long (~42 inches) with a wingspan of 1 meter (~39 inches).
Although not for market, Horizon plans to deliver high performance fuel cells to three more UAV development programs this year, hoping to produce record- breaking flights of 15 to 30 hours.
Watch the video of the Hyfish in action.
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