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Solar-Powered Plane Makes Runway Debut

Posted by timothy on from the endless-summer dept.

MikeChino writes "The much-hyped Solar Impulse airplane just completed its first runway test, paving the way for a 20-to-25-day trip around the world next year. Conceived by Bertrand Piccard, the single-pilot plane successfully used its four solar powered motors to taxi around the runway. If all goes according to plan the plane will be able to fly day and night without fuel, signaling a bright future for solar-powered flight."

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  1. Picard? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Insert lame "Warp factor 5... Engage" kind of joke here. Then argue about how Kirk was better, or Janeway has bigger balls than both of them. Or how Sisko was just a little too gay (but boy did he leave nice coilers in the bathroom that his crewmates would sneak in if he didn't flush and... oh, you know the standard troll).

    1. Re:Picard? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      But Kirk _was_ better.

    2. Re:Picard? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Which Kirk - William Shatner or Christopher Pine?

  2. Re:Better site? by jimicus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *whooosh*

    carried by an African swallow. There's another one behind carrying a coconut.

  3. mod 3own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    play paRties the m]inutes. If that.