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Solar powered plane gearing up for round-the-world flight

Started by Weaver, May 04, 2013, 11:13:29 AM

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Okay, I didn't see this personally but it's interesting. A new solar-powered plane has shown that it can stay up at night on battery power and they're working up to a round-the-world flight:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22369680

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