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February 12, 2008

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Before you start worrying, of course solar panels at the moment could not actually produce enough power to enable the plane to fly, but this system from Powerenz will produce enough power to enable the pilot to carry out his pre flight checks.

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By using this system planes will save on fuel and therefore make flying better for the environment. It is a surprise that some of the larger airlines do not use something similar, but maybe now it will begin to catch on.

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Filed by David Allen at February 12th, 2008 on 1:00 pm under Alternative Energy, Eco Friendly, Electronics, Flying, Solar Power | 3 comments

Tags: airlines, Alternative Energy, checks, Eco Friendly, Electronics, fly, Flying, pilot, planes, Solar Power, solar_panels, surprise

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Solar powered planes would be very good in energy consumption. I guess airline companies are afraid to use this kind of technology maybe because they are afraid their multi million dollar planes would crash if the plane’s system breaks. LOL You might find this site interesting since it features the latest and coolest widgets and gadgetshttp://www.widgetsandgadgets.com/

Comment by Franko Damian — March 7, 2008 @ 2:51 pm

[...] Solar-powered airplane. OK, not really - but part of it is solar-powered. The solar panels on this plane will produce enough power to enable the pilot to carry out his pre-flight checks. It is supposed to save fuel because the plane doesn’t have to be running to do the checks now. Interesting idea. [...]

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