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ALTITUDE RECORD ATTEMPT FOR NASA SOLAR POWERED WING

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, With its new giant solar-powered wing Helios, Nasa will attempt to break the previous altitude record for such aircrafts. THe Helios, a 82 meter span all-wing aircraft, is powered by 14 electric motors, each of about 1 kW of power, supplied by a giant series of photovoltaic panels installed on the wing. The remotely piloted aircraft, which will take off today from Hawaii island...

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