Archive for the ‘flight’ Category
Day 2: Hydrogen Road Tour 2009-on the road with the CAFCP
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, biofuel, flight, hydrogen, infrastructure, legislation, mass transit
Day two of the 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour began an early day on the Santa Monica Pier, followed by a trip to West LA to one of the newest hydrogen stations in Southern California. This is a mixed use station where in addition to formulating the hydrogen they sell onsite, they also sell gasoline, diesel [...]
Tags: alternative fuel, auto, battery, car, electric car, electric vehicles, energy, environment, EV, GM, hydrogen
To Infinity and beyond! Boeing’s new Waverider X-51 experimental aircraft
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under concept, flight
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s….the new Waverider X-51, an experimental aircraft that can fly more than six times faster than the speed of sound on ordinary jet fuel!
Bridging the gap between airplanes and rocketships, the Boeing-built , X-51 is a high-speed jet that stays airborne, in part, with lift generated by [...]
Tags: aircraft, Boeing, concept, cool, fly, hypersonic, jet, mach, NASA, plane, ramjet, rocket, rocketship, scramjet, speed, supersonic, Waverider, X-43, X-51