Ed Huntress fired this volley in
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I got a dose of model gliders every
day at lunch, for years. g


Ed, just to be clear, just because you were 'exposed' to model sailplanes
every lunch break doesn't actually mean you were familiar with the
longest flight time of one!

I look on all this solar flying stuff differently than the rest of you, I
guess.

I don't really care if it revolutionizes anything, or changes anyones'
minds, or starts (or doesn't) renewed interest in Solar Anything.

In my mind, the reason they did it is -- nobody ever did it before. It's
a new 'milemarker' in what we _can_ do. It doesn't have to be important
NOW.

Future technology might be affected just because some young engineer or
physicist KNEW that the solar flight had happened. "Connections", as it
were.

LLoyd