World's First Aircraft Powered By Dry Cell Batteries

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The demonstration flight of the world's first manned aircraft powered by conventional dry cell batteries was successfully conducted at a privately owned Okegawa airport of the Japanese automobiles major honda motors in saitama, north of tokyo (Japan) on July 16,2006.The glider-like plain with a single seat gondola and 31 meters (102 feet) wingspan, is powered by 160 AA "Oxyride" batteries produced by Jpanas Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.These batteries are long lasting & approximately 1.5 times powerful tahn regular alkaline batteries.The aircraft weighs almost 53 kilograms. Hailed as an outstanding technological feat, the plane has been developed as part of an ambitious joint project, initiated in January 2006 by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. in collaboration with the Tokyo Institute of Technology.Earlier , in April 2006, the joint team completed the plane and succeeded in rolling and taxing the aircraft in its maiden test flight. During the demo flight, the plane soared as high as 5.2 meters , stayed in the air for 59 seconds and covered a distance of 391 meters.Poiloted by Mr.Tomohiro Kamiya, a senior member at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the demo flight was officially the first dry cell-powered manned flight...... IS IT NOT GREAT!!!!!