Crazy aircraft #39 - The Boeing Fuel Cell Airplane
by Marshall Brain
The Boeing Fuel Cell airplane is powered by hydrogen, and is the first fuel cell vehicle to carry a human aloft:
It needs an extra boost from batteries to take off, but once aloft flies on hydrogen alone.
People are also experimenting with battery powered airplanes:
The problem is that the plane can only fly about an hour on a charge. The batteries are also incredibly expensive compared to a tank of gas right now.
[See #38]
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