Paul MacCready, the man behind the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft, founded the mini-conglomerate.
But once there, a scramjet-powered aircraft should be able to zoom away to speeds unattainable by a turbojet.
The first diesel-powered aircraft, a modified Stinson, took to the air in 1928.
It and the seven other operational Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the core of the US's world conventional military reach.
Now the search giant is taking to the air, sponsoring the Green Flight Challenge, a competition to develop battery-powered aircraft.
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This would prove to be a pivotal period for human-powered aircraft, and the Gossamer designs would be the new reference point for future projects.
Switzerland is home to several renewable energy projects, including the most advanced solar-powered aircraft, the Solar Impulse, which made its first international flight less than two weeks ago.
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Washington (CNN) -- The USS Enterprise is the nation's oldest active duty warship, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and a history-making symbol of America's naval might for half a century.
This time, they used exotic materials to lower its weight, which included the then-new technique of creating carbon fiber tubes, and Kevlar -- a first for a Human Powered Aircraft (HPA).
Following in the footsteps of Robert Peugeot, British industrialist Henry Kremer figured the best way to inspire innovation in the world of human-powered aircraft, was to appeal to the pockets of engineers.
The main reason for these projects is not to develop primary power sources for jet-turbine powered aircraft, but to build small, highly efficient fuel cells that could be used to make greener airliners.
The effort, which is being put together by Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, and Granger Whitelaw, a venture capitalist and partner in two winning Indianapolis 500 racing teams, is developing rocket-powered aircraft with Mojave, Calif.
In addition, thousands of firms and entrepreneurs own single- and multi-engine aircraft powered by Intermittent Combustion (non-turbine) engines.
Rip-stop nylon needed to be invented before I could fly a powered-parachute ultralight aircraft.
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X-43A, which is pilotless, four metres long, and has a nose made of solid tungsten, will be the first working aircraft to be powered by a scramjet a supersonic-combustion ramjet.
Next month his airline plans to test-fly an aircraft that is partly powered by biofuels, something most experts thought was years away.
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Agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and allied military services use the company's battery-powered, hand-launched unmanned aircraft systems to provide situational awareness to tactical operating units through real-time, airborne reconnaissance, surveillance and communication.
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In fact, a recent study by the Flight Safety Foundation found that 38% of all accidents in modern turbine-powered, glass-cockpit-equipped aircraft were likely or highly likely to have been prevented if the pilot had a HUD.
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Other Intelligent Energy world's firsts in recent years include the development of the world's first hydrogen fuel cell motorbike and supplying the fuel cell system to Boeing which powered the world's first manned fuel cell aircraft.
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And electrically powered trains would emit less nasty carbon than fossil-fuelled aircraft.
India has an aircraft-carrier, and recently got a nuclear-powered submarine.
The single-person aircraft came from Switzerland and has made history as a solar-powered plane that could fly overnight, thanks to batteries that are charged up during the day.
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The battery-powered sub is piloted by using two foot pedals and a joystick, and handles somewhat like an aircraft since it was built with the principles of flight in mind.
He added that he enjoys ultralight aircraft and remote-controlled airplanes, had equipment in his home used for three motor-powered paragliders and had wanted to teach his Chechen friends how to fly them.
Instead of using aircraft-borne chemicals as seeds, the researchers propose spraying seawater from unmanned, wind-powered, satellite-controlled vessels that would cruise the latitudes where hurricanes form since droplets of brine have a similar effect to dry ice and silver iodide.
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