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Solar Impulse ready to soar

By Janice Wood · November 29, 2009 ·

Reader Cody Jordan sent us an e-mail about the Solar Impulse project — a solar-powered jet that its designers hope will circumnavigate the globe in 2012.

The story at Engadget.com, notes the Solar Impulse is captained by Bertrand Piccard — a real person, for all you Star Trek fans — and has “the wingspan of an Airbus and the weight of a car.”

Check it out for yourself here.

Have you seen something cool online and would like to share it with our readers? Send the link to janice@generalaviationnews.

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Janice Wood is editor of General Aviation News.

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