Airbus electric plane beaten to cross-Channel record by French pilot in
two-seater
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| Airbus electric plane beaten to cross-Channel record by ...A French pilot in
a tiny plane has beaten aviation giant Airbus in a contest to fly an electric
plane over the English Channel |
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Sorry about the overly long link but another has beaten them
both.Unfortunately, the report skips over the aircraft that beat them. That one
looks the most interesting.
From: John Blair via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Sent: Friday, 10 July 2015, 2:32
Subject: Re: [EVDL] article: Tomorrow an electric plane will fly the English
Channel for the first time
And AeroVironment's Solar Challenger did it on a 163 mile flight way back in
1981:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Challenger
John
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On Jul 9, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> What about the solar plane that is making a trip around the world?
> Or is this the technicality that it is required to land in UK and immediately
> across the canal
> so a plane flying around the world and touching down only sporadically is not
> considered
> the first electric plane to cross the canal?
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