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Old 04-08-2010, 09:30 AM
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Flying with solar power only, .........and around the World:

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Solar-...779acb904a261/
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it this news?
i think someone did this afew years back...(NASA)??
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Voyager went around the world nonstop with two pilots in the 80's, then a couple of years ago the world was circumnavigated solo, but these were both in reciprocating engined planes. The solar plane should be very interesting to keep an eye on...

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it this news?
i think someone did this afew years back...(NASA)??
"NASA's Pathfinder, Pathfinder Plus, Centurion and Helios Prototype were an evolutionary series of solar- and fuel cell system-powered unmanned aircraft."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Pathfinder

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