aircraft Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:01:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 This Student-Built Electric Aircraft in Singapore is Amazing https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-aircraft-singapore-20160817/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-aircraft-singapore-20160817/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:01:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60399 Orville and Wilbur Wright might have developed the gasoline-powered aircraft in 1903, setting the stage for transportation via flight, but had never imagined an entirely different possibility in 2016- electric aircraft. Students attending the National University of Singapore recently built a three-winged paraglider they named The Delta that travels at a maximum speed of 22 […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-aircraft-singapore-20160817/feed/ 0 60399 Bio-Electric Hybrid Aircraft Needs Support on Kickstarter https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-electric-hybrid-aircraft-needs-support-kickstarter-20141128/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-electric-hybrid-aircraft-needs-support-kickstarter-20141128/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2014 11:06:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50388 Let’s all combine forces to help the world’s first ever hybrid eco-friendly aircraft become a reality. A team of UK engineers hope to raise enough money through crowdfunding, in order to develop their near-silent, non-polluting, bio-electric triplane.   The Bio-Electric-Hybrid-Aircraft (BEHA) is a creation of a team from the engineering university at Cranfield, UK, and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-electric-hybrid-aircraft-needs-support-kickstarter-20141128/feed/ 0 50388 Solar-Powered “Solarship” Could Deliver Supplies to African Villages https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solarship-africa-solar-power-20130126/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solarship-africa-solar-power-20130126/#respond Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:59:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32116 Exactly 30 years ago, the idea for a solarship, which can be used to deliver critical supply to remote areas, emerged. It was supposed to take off in Cape Town and reach Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria. With the help of various partners from across eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar and northern Canada, the first […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solarship-africa-solar-power-20130126/feed/ 0 32116 UK Scientists Predict Aircraft as Significant Source of CO2 for Next 10 Years https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aircraft-co2-emission-prediction-20100531/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aircraft-co2-emission-prediction-20100531/#respond Mon, 31 May 2010 19:29:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7819 A 10-year prediction made by Bethan Owen and her colleagues from the UK's CATE (Center for Air Traffic and the Environment) says that aircraft emissions will become the a significant source of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and will double or triple by 2050.

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