By SolarPromoter - 30.12.2007

We are not likely to be flying around the country in 747′s powered by solar energy any time in the next 5-10 years, but maybe in 20-30 something will break through.

Anyway this solar powered airplane is an interesting proof of concept that it is possible to build something to move a person through the air as opposed to being limited to solar powered cars that typically look like a teenagers soap box derby dream gone solar and electrical.

So now you have seen it and probably reached similar conclusions to those that I expressed above.  None of us will be marking up our custom printed calendars to wait in line to fly in one of these solar powered planes anytime soon, but the point is to awaken our imagination and keep thinking of new ways to apply the technology.  You never know, the Wright Brothers were bicycle mechanics originally!

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