January 1st 13, 06:23 PM
posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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The new Electric Cessna 172
a wrote:
There was a contest recently where one had to demonstrate more than
200 passenger miles per gallon equivalent, and an engineering team from
Penn State won it with a battery powered airplane.
See
http://live.psu.edu/story/55543
for details.
It is just a big motor glider.
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