Whitechapel - Bertrand Piccard's Solar Impulse aircraft makes inaugural flight Sat, 18 May 2013 20:29:12 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Bertrand Piccard's Solar Impulse aircraft makes inaugural flight http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7369&Focus=206983#Comment_206983 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7369&Focus=206983#Comment_206983 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:35:57 -0800 barryhall
The Solar Impulse, which is designed to soar across oceans using four solar-driven electric propellers, flew 350m (1,150ft) about a metre above the runway at a military aerodrome near Zurich with a German test pilot at the controls.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6943308.ece

Brings to mind the crystal aeroplanes in Ballard's Hello America, I thought. ]]>