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Boeing tests hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft

Boeing revealed this week it has successfully tested a prototype of an unmanned aerial aircraft powered by hydrogen that can linger at high altitude for as long as four days without refueling.

JOHN GILLIE; staff writer
Published: June 6, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. PDT
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Boeing revealed this week it has successfully tested a prototype of an unmanned aerial aircraft powered by hydrogen that can linger at high altitude for as long as four days without refueling.

The twin-engine unmanned aerial vehicle called the Phantom Eye took off from a California desert test site and flew for 28 minutes in its first test. The plane suffered a minor problem when its landing gear dug into the dry lake bed where it landed and broke.

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