Comments on: The Solar Powered Plane : It Flies! http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Joseph A Nagy Jr http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25340 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:09:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25340 While it may be the first /manned/ flight, it’s definitely nowhere close to being the first solar powered flight.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-054-DFRC.html

http://www.pvresources.com/en/helios.php

]]> By: Joseph A Nagy Jr http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-8136 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:09:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-8136 While it may be the first /manned/ flight, it’s definitely nowhere close to being the first solar powered flight.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-054-DFRC.html

http://www.pvresources.com/en/helios.php

]]> By: Chris Milton http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-8135 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:16:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-8135 Thank you for your thoughts Louis. Can you please expand about solar powered balloons?

]]> By: Chris Milton http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25336 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:16:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25336 Thank you for your thoughts Louis. Can you please expand about solar powered balloons?

]]> By: Chris Milton http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25337 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:16:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25337 Thank you for your thoughts Louis. Can you please expand about solar powered balloons?

]]> By: Chris Milton http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25338 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:16:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25338 Thank you for your thoughts Louis. Can you please expand about solar powered balloons?

]]> By: Chris Milton http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25339 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:16:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25339 Thank you for your thoughts Louis. Can you please expand about solar powered balloons?

]]> By: Louis Moore http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-8134 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:44:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-8134 Solar powered circumnavigation is accomplished everyday with satelites and balloons. Wings are obsolete.

]]> By: Louis Moore http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25334 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25334 Solar powered circumnavigation is accomplished everyday with satelites and balloons. Wings are obsolete.

]]> By: Louis Moore http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25335 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25335 Solar powered circumnavigation is accomplished everyday with satelites and balloons. Wings are obsolete.

]]> By: Chris Milton http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-8133 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:55:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-8133 Thank you for pulling me up on that Paul! I had always considered Sunseeker more a glider than a fully powered plane, but I don’t want to get into splitting hairs.

I’ve tweaked the post to try and make this point a little clearer :)

]]> By: Chris Milton http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25333 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:55:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25333 Thank you for pulling me up on that Paul! I had always considered Sunseeker more a glider than a fully powered plane, but I don’t want to get into splitting hairs.

I’ve tweaked the post to try and make this point a little clearer :)

]]> By: Paul http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-8132 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:29:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-8132 Not ‘QUITE’ the first manned solar powered flight!

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-powered-hybrid-aircraft-sunseeker-ii/11121/

]]> By: Paul http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25330 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25330 Not ‘QUITE’ the first manned solar powered flight!

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-powered-hybrid-aircraft-sunseeker-ii/11121/

]]> By: Paul http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25331 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25331 Not ‘QUITE’ the first manned solar powered flight!

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-powered-hybrid-aircraft-sunseeker-ii/11121/

]]> By: Paul http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/07/the-solar-powered-plane-it-flies/#comment-25332 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4160#comment-25332 Not ‘QUITE’ the first manned solar powered flight!

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-powered-hybrid-aircraft-sunseeker-ii/11121/

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