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by jaipilot747 1033 days ago
Is there even a hydrogen turbojet engine?
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Afaik it's one of the three H2 airframe options Airbus is pursuing.

https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/low-carbon-aviation/hyd...

The general idea is to use liquid H2, like the old KN-88 design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznetsov_NK-88

Maybe not in service, but it's been done: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/rolls-roy...