After a decade of ups, downs and stagnation, it took just over a year for HB Surround Sound to implement a business approach and get their chance on the big stage.
So, although it has a wingspan of 61 metres, HB-SIA has room only for a pilot.
By any rational measure, HB 3328 has been a high profile example of successful public policy.
Although he has flown HB-SIA in a simulator, Mr Borschberg says he will not really know how it performs until the first test flight later this year.
Oregon recently passed a law, Oregon HB 3149, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2012 and adjusts insurance rules so that car owners can rent out their cars and not be affected by potential accidents of borrowers.
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With all four engines at full power, HB-SIA is only as powerful as a motor scooter.
If HB 392 passes in Delaware, look for a similar bill to come to a state near you.
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The HB-SIA craft was piloted by Bertrand Piccard, a co-founder of the effort, who is perhaps best known for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a hot-air balloon, in 1999.
Policymakers responded to that public concern with bills like HB 3328, and the industry, recognizing it had a real public relations issue on its hands, by and large supported the bill and others like it.
The bill, written by State Representative Pete Schneider and designated HB 864, passed resoundingly in both chambers of the legislature in the House of Representatives by a floor vote of 100-0, and the Senate by a tally of 35-0.
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The new bill, HB 658, addresses some of its unintended consequences, including clarifying the types of documents that can serve as a form of official identification.
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