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Green Transportation Options:  Solar Flight

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Last Updated on:  08/06/2007 04:07 PM

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The combination is irresistible: photovoltaic cells covering the long, wide wings of an airplane, making the electricity to drive the propellor. If the solar cells could also charge batteries to run the plane at night, it would be possible to keep the plane in the air as close to perpetually as the weather allows. But heavyweight batteries and inefficient solar cells made such an accomplishment difficult.

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An Ambivalent Luddite at a Technological Feast:  article in Designfax August, 1999 tracing his career developing AeroVironment.  / (added 09/2005)
Centurion Movie Gallery:  images of the craft in flight presented by the Dryden Flight Research Center. 
Exploring the Stratosphere on a Gossamer Wing:  article about Centurion, a high altitude research craft. 
Gossamer Albatross:  presented by the Dryden Flight Research Center. Includes photographs of the Gossamer Penguin.  / (added 09/2005)
Helios Movie Gallery:  videos, from NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. 
Helios Photo Gallery:  pictures of the enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing from NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.  / (added 09/2005)
Pathfinder:  introduces the aircraft development, mission goals, and pictures relating to the Environmental Research Aircraft Sensory Technology project. 
Paul D MacCready PhD:  includes a profile, biography, and an interview. 
Soaring (Gliders):   

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