[NSRCA-discussion] Real airplanes finally catch up with electric Pattern Dudes.....

[Keith Hoard]

Only once. . .

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Gray E Fowler <gfowler at raytheon.com> wrote:

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>   *Boeing Successfully Flies Fuel Cell-Powered Airplane*   Boeing has, for
> the first time in aviation history, flown a manned airplane powered by
> hydrogen fuel cells. The recent milestone is the work of an engineering team
> at Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE) in Madrid, with assistance
> from industry partners in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, the United
> Kingdom and the United States.
> A two-seat Dimona motor-glider with a 16.3 meter (53.5 foot) wingspan was
> used as the airframe. Built by Diamond Aircraft Industries of Austria, it
> was modified by BR&TE to include a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel
> cell/lithium-ion battery hybrid system to power an electric motor coupled to
> a conventional propeller.
> Three test flights took place in February and March at the airfield in
> Ocaña, south of Madrid, operated by the Spanish company SENASA. According to
> Boeing researchers, PEM fuel cell technology potentially could power small
> manned and unmanned air vehicles. Over the longer term, solid oxide fuel
> cells could be applied to secondary power-generating systems, such as
> auxiliary power units for large commercial airplanes. Boeing does not
> envision that fuel cells will ever provide primary power for large passenger
> airplanes, but the company will continue to investigate their potential, as
> well as other sustainable alternative fuel and energy sources that improve
> environmental performance.
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> Gray Fowler
> Senior Principal Chemical Engineer
> Radomes and Specialty Apertures
> Technical Staff Composites Engineering
> Raytheon
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Keith Hoard
Collierville, TN
khoard at gmail.com
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