Is This The First Of A New Generation Of Airplanes???
If you wanted to see aviation history in the making this week,
you needed to join ANN's Nathan Cremisino at the CAFE Green Flight
Challenge, where the fine folks of NASA awarded the largest prize
in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more
fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric
airplane industry. The technologies demonstrated by the CAFE
Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, competitors may end up
in general aviation aircraft, spawning new jobs and new industries
for the 21st century. The first place prize of $1.35 million was
awarded to team Pipistrel-USA.com o