Boeing (Boeing) Flies First Fuel Cell Airplane

Posted by Joel Johnson, April 3, 2008 3:14 PM | permalink

Boeing has successfully flown the very first hydrogen fuel cell-powered airplane in Madrid, the company announced.

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.

Is there a cooler industry R&D shop name than "Phantom Works"? I doubt it.

Press Release [Boeing via Treehugger]

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#1 posted by monopole , April 3, 2008 5:01 PM

Is there a cooler industry R&D shop name than "Phantom Works"?

Of course there is: Skunkworks
The original and the best (under Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson)

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#2 posted by strider_mt2k

, April 3, 2008 6:12 PM

Yep, Skunkworks FTW.

LOL @ "Boeing (Boeing)"

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#3 posted by Scuba SM , April 3, 2008 6:29 PM

Third on the Skunk Works. The book by Ben R. Rich is a must read for all of those interested in Aviation and technology.

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#4 posted by dculberson , April 4, 2008 1:54 PM

Phantoms are cooler than skunks; Skunk Works is only cooler because of it's history! Maybe Guitars and Laser Guns Works would top Phantom Works, but probably not much else.

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#5 posted by Anonymous , April 5, 2008 12:14 AM

and the best of all things - they used an Austrian platform for this test .. the Dimona is built in Wiener Neustadt, about 50 km south of Vienna, where i live

Diamond Aircraft rocks .. !!

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