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From: Murray.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Electric airplanes
Message-ID: <12838@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Oct-83 19:56:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 20 19:56:05 1983
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A solar powered electric airplane has already been demonstrated.  The
Gossamer Albatross group combined their construction techniques with
some leftover NASA Solar panels.  $250K for the top of the wing, $6 of
Mylar for the bottom.  I think they flew it from Paris to England.