The Elaborate Quest to Fly a Solar-Powered Plane Around the World - Wired

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The Elaborate Quest to Fly a Solar-Powered Plane Around the World Wired The 236-foot wingspan of the Solar Impulse 2 is longer than a Boeing 747's, but the craft weighs only about 5,000 pounds—a flyspeck compared to the jetliner's 500,000-pound bulk. It has to be light, given how many solar cells you'd need running for an ...

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