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Old September 20th 10, 05:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mark
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Default How high can you fly?

On Sep 20, 11:44Ā*am, wrote:
george wrote:

I think the 'electric' powered aircraft is little more than a toy.
Seehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWoLsJz8J5U


Compared to a real airplane...


AIRPLANE:

engine-driven flying vehicle: a vehicle with wings and a jet engine or
propellers that is heavier than air and is able to fly
[ Late 19th century. French aĆ©roplane aĆ©ro- ( Greek aēr "air") + -
plane ]

Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier
than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.

airĀ·plane (erā€²plānā€²)

noun

a fixed-wing aircraft, heavier than air, that is kept aloft by the
aerodynamic forces of air as it is driven forward by a screw propeller
or by other means, as jet propulsion

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