flight Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:30:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 BASF DLR-H2: First Manned Fuel Cell Airplane Took Off! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fuel-cell-airplane-20081002/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fuel-cell-airplane-20081002/#respond Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:10:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=948 This spring, Boeing announced a flight powered by fuel cells, only that the take-off was powered by a Li-Ion battery. This autumn, on Sept. 30, the Germans did it from head to toe by using only hydrogen! Wow!

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fuel-cell-airplane-20081002/feed/ 0 948 Boeing to be making a fuel cell airplane https://www.greenoptimistic.com/boeing-will-be-making-a-fuel-cell-airplane-20080130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/boeing-will-be-making-a-fuel-cell-airplane-20080130/#respond Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:58:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/30/boing-will-be-making-a-fuel-cell-airplane/ With all the effort we are witnessing in developing environmentally progressive technologies for automotive applications, it’s great to see that Boeing researchers and industry partners throughout Europe are planning to conduct experimental flight tests this year of a manned airplane powered only by a fuel cell and lightweight batteries. The systems integration phase of the […]

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