"Stefan" wrote

Not as interesting as you might think. Electric planes which you can
actually buy have been around for quite some time, and they fly more
than 1283 feet, albeit on lithium accus rather than household batteries:

http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.de/engl.../menu-prod.htm

I was unable to find on that, or on linked pages, that it had flown as a
rise off the ground airplane.
--
Jim in NC