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Google Sponsoring Green Flight Challenge

August 1, 2011
Posted by Ramya
Category Parks News
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Google has thrown its considerable weight behind the Green Flight Challenge, a competition aimed at spurring the development of energy-efficient personal aircraft. NASA has already put up $1.65 million in prize money for the competition and the minimum qualification is a top speed of at least 100 mph and overall energy efficiency of at least the equivalent of 200 passenger miles per gallon.

Read the full story: http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Google_Sponsors_Green_Flight_Challenge_205119-1.html

Source: AVweb.com

Mark
Nov 13th, 10:00pm
These are lofty goals. The important thing is that people are pursuing them whether they are attained or not (in the near future). Of course, the hope would be that the efficiency improvements eventually make there way in commercial aviation.
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