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Solar Challenger

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design by MacCready

In Paul Beattie MacCready
On July 7, 1981, the Solar Challenger, a solar-powered plane designed by MacCready, flew from the Pointoise Cormeilles airport, near Paris, to the Manston Royal Air Force Base, in Kent, Eng., a distance of 160 miles (258 km), in 5 hr 23 min at an average speed of about 30…
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