Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar One

Solar One
Role Electric aircraft
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments
Designer David Williams
First flight 13 June 1979
Introduction 1978
Retired 1979
Number built One

The Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar One is a British mid-wing, experimental, crewed solar-powered aircraft that was designed by David Williams and produced by Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments under the direction of Freddie To. On 13 June 1979 it became one of the first solar-powered aircraft to fly, after the uncrewed AstroFlight Sunrise and the crewed Mauro Solar Riser, and the first successful British solar-powered aircraft.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "UK's first solar aircraft takes off", Flight International, 30 June 1979, Page 2336.[1]
  2. ^ Robert J. Boucher; "History of Solar Flight", AIAA/SAE/ASME 20th Joint Propulsion Conference, 1984, AIAA paper 84-1429."Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980-81, Jane's, 1980, Page249.