Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Sun-powered plane flies non-stop for 20 hours | ummid.com

Sun-powered plane flies non-stop for 20 hours | ummid.com
The aircraft, named Rabat Solar Impulse, left Madrid late Tuesday and landed at the Rabat airport Wednesday. Made of carbon fibre, the plane is of the size of an Airbus A340, but only weighs as much as an average family car -- about 1,600 kg.