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[Parabolic Arc] NASA Awards CAFE Green Flight Challenge Prizes at Parabolic Arc: eGenius, of Ramona, Calif., was awarded a second-place prize of $120,000. The team also won a $10,000 prize for the quietest aircraft in the competition.  Erik Lindbergh, the grandson of Charles Lindbergh, presented the smaller prize, which was funded by Jean Schulz, the widow of Peanuts cartoonist Charles M.

[Aerospace & Defence News] NASA Awards Historic Green Aviation Prize | Aerospace & Defence ...: NASA has 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.

[Watts Up With That?] Electric airplane | Watts Up With That?: NASA uses prize competitions to increase the number and diversity of the individuals, organizations and teams that are addressing a particular problem or challenge. Prize competitions stimulate private sector investment that is many times greater than the cash value of the prize and further NASA’s mission by attracting interest and attention to a defined technical objective.

[Ethiopian Review] NASA issues award in green aviation competition: The competition, sponsored by Google, was created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry, NASA said. The winning aircraft had to fly 200 miles in less than two hours and use less than one gallon of fuel per occupant, or the equivalent in electricity.

[Science News] Recommended: Electric plane wins $1.35 million | Science News: To win the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, the Pennsylvania-based team's Taurus G4 electric airplane flew a 200-mile course from Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif., in less than two hours.

[Arie.Co.Za] Green Flight, Checkered Flag » Arie.Co.Za: NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation are holding the challenge with the goal to advance technologies in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions with cleaner renewable fuels and electric aircraft. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

[California High Speed Rail Blog] California High Speed Rail Blog » Will AB 900 Provide a Fast Track ...: (1) A residential, retail, commercial, sports, cultural, entertainment, or recreational use project that is certified as LEED silver or better by the United States Green Building Council and, where applicable, that achieves a 10-percent greater standard for transportation efficiency than for comparable projects. These projects must be located on an infill site.

[We Blog The World] Kentucky, Netherlands, New York, California, Traveling | We Blog ...: They go a bit like the ones I had of the Netherlands when it comes to stereotypes: long, sweeping luscious green hills with gorgeous horses scattered to your left and right, all well groomed and perfectly manicured.

[iCuriosity - Explore Everything] NASA is Painting the Skies Green Over Santa Rosa: To win the fuel competition, an aircraft must fly 200 miles in less than two hours, using less than one gallon of fuel per occupant, or an equivalent amount of electricity. If more than one aircraft meets that criteria, the competitor whose aircraft delivers the best combination of speed and efficiency will take home the prize, according to the competition guidelines.

[The Swollen Cranium forums] Green Flight, Checkered Flag: NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation are holding the challenge with the goal to advance technologies in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions with cleaner renewable fuels and electric aircraft. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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