Heart Aerospace

Electrifying regional air travel ✈️

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

This year's National Aviation Day feels especially meaningful at Heart, coming just days after X1’s first flight.

Today we celebrate those who brought aviation this far, those who keep it moving everyday and the next generation working to make flight more accessible.

[Digital Trends @DigitalTrends]

Heart Aerospace’s enormous X1 demonstrator has completed its first flight. Heart says the X1 used roughly $5 worth of electricity during its 27-minute flight. 🎥: @heartaerospace #technology #technews

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

The world’s largest electric aircraft took to the skies for the first time — the flight cost just $5

US company Heart Aerospace has flown its full-scale electric aircraft X1 for the first time — the largest all-electric aircraft ever to take flight.

The test flight lasted 27 minutes, with the aircraft reaching an altitude of 335 meters. The electricity used for the entire flight cost around $5.

The X1 was built to test technologies for a future 30-seat hybrid-electric aircraft.

[Clay Dumas @claydumas]

We met Heart when it was just Anders and his sketches for an electric plane. Yesterday an outrageously ambitious team (that could probably cram into the fuselage) successfully flew the world’s largest battery-powered passenger aircraft. What a privilege to be along for this ride.

[Gustaf Alströmer @gustaf]

On August 12th, @heartaerospace flew the world's largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown. 💙

The 27-minute flight cost only $5 in electricity.

Heart Aerospace YC (@ycombinator W19) has shown the world that regional electric aviation is the future. Their planes are beating current planes on economics, which is the only metric that really matters for airlines. We saw this with EVs; we're seeing this with electric trucks and machines, and we'll soon see it with electric planes

Unbelievable team effort by  @AndersForslund1, Benjamin Stabler, Brittany Churchill, Cole Randle, Klara Forslund, Niki de Leon, Alec de Zegher, Tyler Jacobs, and the entire Heart team. 🩵

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

First Flight ✅

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Wheels up! Heart X1 has flown.

106-foot wingspan. 25,000+ pounds. The largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown.

Its 27-minute, all-electric first flight used $5.00 of electricity. Electric flight at commercial-aircraft scale.

https://t.co/2SxrxEiX3X

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Cleared for flight.

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Certificate for Heart Aerospace’s X1, authorizing crewed flight testing.

At 106 ft, X1 is expected to be the largest electric aircraft ever flown.

First flight is next. ⚡✈️

https://t.co/pmMZHYCPb2

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

This Fourth of July, we celebrate 250 years of American ambition and the spirit of innovation that keeps pushing aviation forward. At Heart, we’re proud to carry America’s aviation heritage into the age of electric flight.
Happy Independence Day from Heart Aerospace! 🇺🇸 ✈️

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Our X1 demonstrator recently completed low-speed taxi testing at our flight-test base at Plattsburgh International Airport, marking an important milestone in the aircraft's ground-testing program ahead of FAA special airworthiness certification and first flight.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Late April 2026: George Eckert, Head of Manufacturing at Heart Aerospace, monitors the fabrication of a flight-control component for Heart X2. As X1 approaches first flight, Heart’s manufacturing team is moving at pace to advance the X2 pre-production aircraft in parallel.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

We're reminded today that protecting Earth belongs not only to individuals, but to industry. Reducing aviation emissions will require genuine innovation and we're helping make that change. It won't happen overnight, but it starts with building the right commercial aircraft.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Mid-April 2026: Engineering Intern Daniel Oviedo briefs Senior Flight Sciences Engineer Shams Khalil and members of the aerodynamics team on flight sciences analysis during a technical review meeting at Heart Aerospace headquarters in Los Angeles.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

March 2026: Principal Loads Engineer Sean O’Meara and Sr. Mechanical Engineer Anna Lummus monitor loads data during testing of the Heart X1. A full-scale flying demonstrator, X1 is built to validate aircraft architecture and key technologies ahead of our next prototype, Heart X2.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

With more than 20 years of experience in rapid aircraft prototyping, Principal Mechanical Engineer Matthew Wright has played a central role in bringing the Heart​ X1 from CAD concept to life as the world’s largest battery-electric aircraft.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Sr. Elec. Engineer Holli Honnette leads a propulsion system research team in support of the ES-30 hybrid-electric program at our Los Angeles Pilot Plant. This 30-seat regional airliner will radically lower operating costs and significantly reduce emissions on short-haul routes.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Heart Aerospace Head of Manufacturing George Eckert operates a CNC mill at the company’s Los Angeles Pilot Production facility, fabricating precision structural components for the Heart X1 demonstrator aircraft.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

February 2026: Senior Battery Cell Engineer Cameron Martin monitors cell testing in the battery lab at Heart Aerospace's Los Angeles Pilot Plant (LAPP), where battery packs for the Heart ES-30 hybrid-electric aircraft are under development.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Sayan Saha spent his systems integration internship building flight controls that will help launch the world’s largest battery electric aircraft.

Our Fall 2026 internships will open soon. If you’re ready to help define the future of regional air travel, we want to hear from you.

[Heart Aerospace @heartaerospace]

Heart X1 in progress: Plattsburgh, January 2026.