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Solar Plane

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Sat Jul 4, '15, 11:33 pm

Interesting story on a solar powered plane and it's continuing journey:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/03/travel/so ... ne-flight/
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Re: Solar Plane

Postby Wolf Bird » Sun Jul 5, '15, 1:20 am

Aircraft are a huge source of carbon emissions and other pollution. This technology has some promise to get into aviation and change the industry for the better, probably make it cheaper, in the long run.
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