But What About the Hindenberg???
Apr. 5th, 2008 06:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
webfarmerMore fun with hydrogen and aircraft. It's been a while since I've seen Ford and aircraft in the same sentence. Some of you may recall the old Ford Trimotors [2] from a much earlier generation of flight. Ironically, Ford didn't make the engines for those planes.
Video: Boeing Tests First Hydrogen-Powered Plane - Post Chronicle - 04 Apr 08
"Boeing said in a statement that, 'Using a Ford Motor Company-developed hydrogen engine,' it had 'successfully tested the hydrogen propulsion system of its High Altitude Long Endurance -- HALE -- unmanned aircraft.'
Boeing said the HALE was 'designed to stay aloft for more than seven days and carry payloads weighing up to 2,000 pounds. Potential applications include battlefield persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, border observation, port security and telecommunications. The long endurance autonomous aircraft will be a propeller-driven, lightweight structure with a high-aspect-ratio-wing.'"
Video: Boeing Tests First Hydrogen-Powered Plane - Post Chronicle - 04 Apr 08
"Boeing said in a statement that, 'Using a Ford Motor Company-developed hydrogen engine,' it had 'successfully tested the hydrogen propulsion system of its High Altitude Long Endurance -- HALE -- unmanned aircraft.'
Boeing said the HALE was 'designed to stay aloft for more than seven days and carry payloads weighing up to 2,000 pounds. Potential applications include battlefield persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, border observation, port security and telecommunications. The long endurance autonomous aircraft will be a propeller-driven, lightweight structure with a high-aspect-ratio-wing.'"
