History is made: Solar plane makes it through night

[Bowlie]

http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerla ... html?19845

Apparently they landed with more battery charge than when they took off. Perpetual motion, if you can stay awake!

Edit: I just read this on the NY Times

“His only complaints involve little things like a slightly sore back as well as a 10-hour period during which it was minus 20 degrees Celsius in the cockpit.” “That made his drinking water system freeze up and worse of all his iPod batteries die.”

With all of those solar cells and batteries, you would have thought he could have charged is iPod.

[Leif]

Hmmmm. I'm always dubious of things that happen 'at night'. I mean it's dark - how can you see they're not cheating?

(Still, a very good achievement!)

[Leif]

BBC News - Zephyr solar plane flies 7 days non-stop

[ChrisGreaves]

Zephyr solar plane flies 7 days non-stop

Speaking of night-time views
"At left, the sky outside the shadow cone is still bright"