TimesOnline (www.timesonline.co.uk) features quite interesting initiative for electric airplanes. The pioneering flight is a fact, it was on December 23 and was very very successful according to all specialists. The plane is ecological and as it seems quite easy to construct and maintain. In addition they are quite low-cost: fuel cost per hour of the Electra was €1 compared with about €60 for an equivalent petrol-driven machine.

If you have pilot license this new… vehicle-flying-machine is the right choice for your family vacation. Just pack your batteries and be ready to take off.

How to DIY it:

• Take a Souricette kit aircraft
• Adapt to it a 25-horsepower British-made motor of a type that powers golf carts
• Add light lithium-polymer batteries, 48kg (105lb)
• Take off

Read more detailed description on TimesOnline:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3123681.ece