Lightweight Solar‐powered Aircraft Flies Two Hours Non‐stop

Abstract

Powered directly by the sun's rays, a lightweight aircraft flew for two hours high above the Arizona desert in early December of last year before a heavy rainstorm cut off its “fuel supply” and forced it to guide to a safe landing.

Citation

(1981), "Lightweight Solar‐powered Aircraft Flies Two Hours Non‐stop", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 53 No. 3, pp. 31-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035714