Boeing Unveils 'Green' Jet


	Boeing Unveils 'Green' Jet

invictus

7-6-2007 5:46 PM

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energy, environment, green, aircrafts, boeing, science

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7-9-2007 11:34 AM

dfiskey

i saw a segment on the news last night about this-- it looks really cool- and so smart- hopefully a new standard will be set in the flying world.

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