Morgans schrieb:

Check this news story bout about an airplane powered by household batteries.
Interesting.

Not as interesting as you might think. Electric planes which you can
actually buy have been around for quite some time, and they fly more
than 1283 feet, albeit on lithium accus rather than household batteries:

http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.de/engl.../menu-prod.htm

Stefan