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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 24 > Flying on $1.35

Flying on $1.35

Greg Cole envisions a battery-powered plane that doesn't break the bank. But is it feasible? People are listening.

By Andrew Moore / The Bulletin
August 24, 2008

Airplanes powered by electric motors are in the early stages of development, but Bend entrepreneur Greg Cole is charging ahead with his own design.

Cole, who previously worked as the chief engineer of research and development at Lancair in Redmond and then left to form a company to build....

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