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GREEN FLIGHT CHALLENGE 2011

e-Genius succeeds in CAFE`s Green Flight Challenge (GFC) as the quietest airplane in the world. The e-Genius team has won both prizes for the quietest aircraft and second in the overall standings.

The e-Genius team proudly announces its successful performance at the Green Flight Challenge 2011, taking place at the Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California.

Based on the competition flights, the e-Genius team gets the second place in the overall standings of the GFC, detained by NASA. A total number of 13 teams attempted to participate in the final competition of the GFC, but only three were successful. It was a close fight for the first place between the Slovenian Team from Pipistrel and the Institute for Aircraft Design from the University of Stuttgart. The used energy was not counted by plane, but per passenger. In presenting an unusual four seat-prototype with two fuselages, Pipistrel tipped the scales. The third team Phoenix had no chance against the electric motorization due to its combustion engine.

During the GFC itself and its exposition at Moffett Field, CA, the e-Genius performed eleven flights, six more than the other aircrafts and seven more than required. The total flight time exceeds eight hours. Until now, seven pilots had flown the e-Genius. In contrast to the winner's plane which had been exclusively flown by highly experienced test pilots, replacing the two passengers by concrete, the e-Genius demonstrates to be suitable for everyday use.

The e-Genius team also won the Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize (LEAP), presented by Erik Lindbergh, the grandson of Charles Lindbergh. This prize characterizes the quietest aircraft of the competition, in this case the e-Genius with a take-off noise of about 60 dB. This is equivalent to a TV with normal volume at a distance of one meter!

We are very proud that our aircraft was able to fullfill all GFC requirements with outstanding performance and is anyway suitable for every day use. In the future we might know if e-Genius is the prototype for powerful electrical flight. In the result list releasd by the CAFE Foundation you can see the amazing effectiveness of our aircraft.

The e-Genius team is very happy about this successful result. We want to thank all the sponsores and supporters for their help making the e-Genius project possible and that successful.