Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message ...
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: The Boeing Company http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/index.html
: Boeing Prepares Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane for Ground and Flight
: Testing
: Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane illustration
: http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q1/070327e_pr.html
: Click image to view Photo Release.
:
: MADRID, March 27, 2007 -- In an effort to develop environmentally
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: Flight tests, which will take place in Spain, will demonstrate for the
: first time that a manned airplane can maintain a straight level flight
: with fuel cells as the only power source.
:
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: Other suppliers for the Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane include UQM
: Technologies Inc. (United States), MT Propeller (Germany), Tecnicas
: Aeronauticas de Madrid (Spain), Ingenieria de Instrumentacion y
: Control (Spain), GORE (Germany), Indra (Spain) and Inventia (Spain).
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Sheeze, just another example of the good ol' USA slipping behind even more. Very sad that these flights don't take place
at Edwards, or in Wichita, or ...

"Blueskies" wrote in message
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Sheeze, just another example of the good ol' USA slipping behind even
more. Very sad that these flights don't take place
at Edwards, or in Wichita, or ...

There was a competing project locally that was actually competing with
Boeing on this project. The two planes were supposed to race as some point.

The last I heard, the local project had secured a 1/2 million dollar grant
from Boeing. The guy running the project was going to 'join forces' with
Boeing (ie turn over the grant money). That's when I (and most others)
bailed on the project.

I don't know what happened to it. I saw the plane in a lab at the school
last fall, but I'm told it's no longer there.

The website is gone too. You can see what it was at

http://web.archive.org/web/200503070...rrow.com/nuke/

Blueskies wrote:
"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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The Boeing Company http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/index.html
Boeing Prepares Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane for Ground and Flight
Testing
Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane illustration
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q1/070327e_pr.html
Click image to view Photo Release.

MADRID, March 27, 2007 -- In an effort to develop environmentally
snip Flight tests, which will take place in Spain, will demonstrate
for the first time that a manned airplane can maintain a straight
level flight with fuel cells as the only power source.

snip

Other suppliers for the Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane include UQM
Technologies Inc. (United States), MT Propeller (Germany), Tecnicas
Aeronauticas de Madrid (Spain), Ingenieria de Instrumentacion y
Control (Spain), GORE (Germany), Indra (Spain) and Inventia (Spain).

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Sheeze, just another example of the good ol' USA slipping behind even
more. Very sad that these flights don't take place at Edwards, or in
Wichita, or ...

Last time I checked Boeing was a US company.