Wednesday, November 12, 2008

General Aviation Prize Updates

The CAFE Foundation made several short announcements recently:

The CAFE Aviation Green Prize
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The CAFE Foundation has developed and submitted to NASA a detailed proposal for the CAFE Aviation Green Prize, a $1M flight competition for safe, practical aircraft that can simultaneously demonstrate ≥ 100 MPG and ≥ 100 mph. Aimed to attract university teams to compete, the event is currently proposed as a 200 statute mile race in July 2010 that would favor aircraft propelled by electricity. Stayed tuned here for its official announcement.

CAFE visits Stanford's DARPA Challenge Vehicle
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3rd Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium
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CAFE Foundation's Aviation Green Prize - AVweb