A new group of aviation pioneers wants to attempt a flight across the United States with a decidedly more difficult twist thrown in – they can’t use any fuel except for the power of the sun.
The Solar Impulse team announced this week that it will be taking its solar-powered plane to the skies this summer on a transcontinental flight from San Francisco to New York. If successful, the trip would be the first solar-powered, cross-America flight in history.
(READ the story at Inhabitat)