Green Options » SolarBubbles http://greenoptions.com/tag/solarbubbles Posts tagged 'SolarBubbles' Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Michigan Students Set World Record for Longest Flight by Fuel Cell Powered Plane http://gas2.org/2008/11/23/michigan-students-set-world-record-for-longest-flight-by-fuel-cell-powered-plane/ http://gas2.org/2008/11/23/michigan-students-set-world-record-for-longest-flight-by-fuel-cell-powered-plane/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:29:50 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2008/11/23/michigan-students-set-world-record-for-longest-flight-by-fuel-cell-powered-plane/

A group of students from the University of Michigan have set a new world record for the longest flight ever by a fuel-cell powered plane.

Late last month the team, known as SolarBubbles, flew the $2,500 plane (video) around a field in Milan, Michigan for a total of 10 hours, 15 minutes and 4 seconds - smashing the previous 9 hour record held by a Californian engineering company.

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