Saturday, July 6, 2013

Greens Rejoice: Solar-Powered Plane Takes More Than Two Months To Fly One Man 3,000 Miles

Now that's an economic return any Democrat can love--21 hours for the last leg from DC to NYC.



Expect His Wholly Reluctance God/King SCOAMF to announce he's sinking $1 trillion into this just as soon as all his donors are invested.

6 comments:

jonolan said...

Yep. At first pass this is stupid s all get out. Look deeper though. The US Military and Intel communities have been wanting a high-altitude sensor / commo drone for battlefield use and this tech might the ticket for that.

Eric Praline said...

Only 21 hours for DC to NYC!!! With that kind of speed Col. "Light-horse" Harry Lee could turn back those red coats in a fortnight for sure!!!

Anonymous said...

Jonolan is spot on; think in terms of a silent drone that is indefinitely airborne... monitoring YOU. A couple of years ago the good folks would have been suggesting a tinfoil hat. Thanks to Snowden, not so much anymore.
Getting ugly.
http://christopherdiarmani.com/10571/police/rcmp-accountability-2/high-river-rcmp-thieves-stole-guns/
-DV

Soylent Sage said...

Could be, if those keyhole cameras don't weigh more than a person...and if they fly above the weather. Rigid airships do not like wind. See USS Shenandoah, USS Akron and USS Macon.

Soylent Sage said...

On the other hand, the W82 weighed less than 100lbs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W82

Anonymous said...

Just sayin' they didn't build that to sell soap.
-DV