AstroFlight Sunrise

AstroFlight Sunrise
General information
TypeExperimental aircraft
National originUnited States
ManufacturerAstroFlight
Designer
Roland Boucher
StatusRetired
Number built2
History
First flight4 November 1974

The AstroFlight Sunrise was an uncrewed experimental electric aircraft technology demonstrator and the first aircraft to fly on solar power.

First conceived in November 1970, the Sunrise first flew on 4 November 1974 from Bicycle Lake, a dry lakebed on the Fort Irwin Military Reservation, California, United States. The first prototype was destroyed on its 28th flight by turbulence. The improved Sunrise II flew the following year.

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