A contest for fuel-efficient small airplanes has a winner: a modified
VariEze that gets 45 mpg at over 200 MPH with two people aboard, and nearly 100 mpg at a lower "maximum range" speed.
Details from Wired
here, Tree Hugger
here, and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association last year
here. Just as I've
always said: to get America moving again, including on the fuel-efficiency front, we've got to get more people up in the air. (Thanks to Michael Ham.)
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Posted
4 Nov 2009 20:28
by
James Fallows