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Solar-Electric Aircraft Crosses Atlantic

Accepted submission by butthurt at 2016-06-29 20:49:46
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The Daily Mail reports [dailymail.co.uk] that Solar Impulse 2 has crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft is propelled by electric motors that receive power from photovoltaic cells and storage batteries. The flight from New York City to Seville took 71 hours.

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Solar Impulse 2 Set for Next Leg in Round-the-World Flight [soylentnews.org]


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