From the AOPA web site, an article on how fuel efficient airplanes COULD be.
One hundred miles per gallon
By Dave Hirschman
Pilots usually think of airplane flight performance in terms of gallons an hour—not miles per gallon.
AOPA member and aeronautical innovator Klaus Savier, owner of Light Speed Engineering based at Santa Paula Airport (SZP) in Southern California, [...]
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UPDATE, 20 Jan 2009
Bush commuted their sentences in the 11th our. They should have received pardons.
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John Allen Aregood was convicted of conspiring to transport and harbor illegal aliens.
President Bush pardoned him just days ago.
And what about former Border Agents Compean and Ramos who, according to Congress Tom Tancredo and [...]
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Aviation and RC buffs will find this one interesting. Check out this RC B-29 built using 4 chainsaw engines. The working X1 with actual rocket motors is very cool as well. There is a small fortune tied up in these two planes.
http://users.skynet.be/fa926657 /files/B29.wmv
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