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Old 9th-November-2007, 09:30 AM
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The beginning of 100% green planes? Don't expect to book your Christmas flights on a solar-powered plane this year, but this is an exciting step forward.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blog...s/4230299.html
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Probably won't get into industry for a while but a good step anyway.
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Interestng development. Give it another 10 years development and I think it could become a viable approach to flight, particularly for light aircraft.

See also;

http://www.primidi.com/2006/07/17.html

http://www.gizmag.com/go/7046/

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...-054-DFRC.html
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It would be cool, even if it didn't power the entire plane but allowed some sort of hybrid plane. Every little helps.
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