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Re:First all-electric seaplane takes flight in B.C. by munificent on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @07:32PM (#21768281)
Now I'm just imagining some sort of steampunk wood-burning airplane.
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Re:First all-electric seaplane takes flight in B.C. by rdtsc on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @10:47PM (#21769108)
> Now I'm just imagining some sort of steampunk wood-burning airplane.

Almost there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas

"Flight attendants will resume service in just a moment, after they throw another tree trunk into the wood gas generator"

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