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Solar Aircraft Exhibited
Solar Challenger, the aircraft that made aviation history by flying across the English Channel fueled only by sunlight, will be exhibited in the rotunda of the Virginia Science Museum in Richmond October 15 through November 7, the last stop of a national tour.
Janice Brown, one of the Solar Challenger pilots, will be at the museum on October 15 between 2 and 5 p.m. to talk with visitors about the plane. She also will introduce the film, “Solar Challenger—A Sun Flight Odyssey,” at 7 p^m. that evening.
Solar Challenger’s historic flight on July 7, 19H1, began at Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France, and covered 230 miles to the Royal Air Force base at Manston. England. The flight lasted five hours and 23 minutes as Solar Challenger attained a maximum height of about 12,000 feet and a top air speed of some 47 miles per hour.
Harvest Dinner Planned
The Sperryville Ladies Auxiliary will hold a Harvest Dinner, all-you-can-eat, at the fire hall on Saturday, November 6, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Carry out dinners will be served from 4:30 to 5:30 only.
The menu consists of roast beef, fried oysters, barbecue spare-ribs, a variety of fall vegetables, salads, choice of desserts and drinks.
Tickets are $6.50 in advance and $7.50 at the door for adults; children $3.50 in advance and $4.50 at the door. Tickets are available from members of the auxiliary.
For more information contact President, Marie Atkins at 987-8802.
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