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Glenn Pew reports on the Yuneec E430 Chinese Electric Airplane 54 hp two seat aircraft currently undergoing first flight and flight tests, summer 2009. Yuneec joins Randall Fishman’s ElectraFlyer-C in taking the first steps toward practical electric flight on the eve of the unveiling of Solar Impulse — an enormous aircraft that seeks to fulfill the enormous goal of 24-hour sustained solar powered flight.

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This is a video of the Centurion, a solar powered aircraft in flight. tested by NASA. in 1998.

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Glenn Pew interviews Eric Raymond. Eric has been flying his battery launched solar assisted sailplane since the late ’80s. He knows the road to progress doesn’t come as bolts of lightning in time but through years of small steps. Glenn Pew caught up with Eric to learn about Sunseeker the Solar Impulse project and more…

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