Hi,
interesting video's (all the links worked for me!) but it begs the
question,
what has happened since?

Malcolm...


"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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As a follow up to the SunSeeker aircraft information originally posted
to this message thread, here is information on NASA's solar-powered
Pathfinder-Plus:
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Mov...der/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/h...athfinder.html


September 2005: In this 40 second video, NASA's solar-powered
Pathfinder-Plus undergoes Turbulence Measurement Flight Tests.
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Mov...M-0023-11.html



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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:56:35 GMT, Larry Dighera
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Could this be the future?


Sunseeker http://solar-flight.com/

The Solair 2 http://www.solair.de/timer.htm is a second generation
solar electric powered aircraft. Here are the specification (in
German): http://www.solair.de/frame.htm
English language information is he
http://www.delago.de/solair/EHome.htm
Builders other projects:
http://solar-flight.com/davespics/dedication.htm


Zephyr 3, a solar-powered propeller-driven vehicle, is set to fly to
132,000 feet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3016082.stm

Sanswire Networks stratellite:
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/...ory_id=3423026


AeroVironment's Helios:
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Pho...ios/index.html
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Education/E...aii/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/r...st/helios.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...ews/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...002/02-24.html


A history of solar powered aircraft is he
http://www.solarflugzeuge.de/