| Solar Riser | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | Electric aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Ultralight Flying Machines (UFM) |
| Designer | Larry Mauro |
| First flight | 29 April 1979 |
| Introduction | 1979 |
| Retired | 1979 |
| Status | Sole example in the EAA AirVenture Museum |
| Primary user | Larry Mauro |
| Produced | 1979 |
| Number built | One |
The Mauro Solar Riser is an American biplane ultralight electric aircraft that was the first crewed aircraft to fly on solar power. It was also only the second solar-powered aircraft to fly, after the uncrewed AstroFlight Sunrise, which had first flown 4+1⁄2 years earlier.[1][2]
- ^ Experimental Aircraft Association (2011). "UFM/MAURO SOLAR RISER". Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ AIAA/SAE/ASME 20th Joint Propulsion Conference (1984). "AIAA paper 84-1429" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
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