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Solar powered airplane

by ARTiFactor on Apr. 18th, 2010

Solar Impulse makes maiden voyage

As the sun shone down on the Swiss countryside an aircraft powered by 12,000 solar cells flew for 87 minutes to an altitude of nearly 4,000 feet. Learn more here: Wired

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