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Somewhere Out There, A Solar Airplane is Gliding Silently Across Europe

Don't worry, this plane's photo op won't freak you out!

We've got solar-powered golf carts. We've got solar-powered buses. We've even got solar-powered vacation lodges.

And now we're going to have solar-powered airplanes. From Wired.com

[Eric] Raymond’s eight-country tour of the continent in Sunseeker II... would be the first trans-European flight in a manned solar plane.The environmentally friendly aircraft developed by Solar Flight will highlight the potential for electric aircraft to shape air travel, and may even point to design efficiencies that could benefit fossil-fueled planes.

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