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Aviation Explained: Can a Jet Really Run on Hydrogen?

Rolls-Royce and easyJet have run a modern aero-engine on 100% hydrogen — so are zero-carbon airliners around the corner? An advanced (C1) explainer on why hydrogen is so promising on paper and so stubbornly difficult in practice.

Aviation Explained: Can a Jet Really Run on Hydrogen?
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