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Old March 28th 07, 02:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane

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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.

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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 ...


Last time I checked Boeing was a US company.