Yet another airship is getting ready to flutter across the English Channel to prove its competence, but this time it’s the sun propelling it. A group of engineering and tech students from France has been working on Project Sol’R have surfaced a solar blimp, which they expect to fly across the English Channel. The dirigible measuring 72 feet long is made from nylon and polyurethane and roofed with semi-flexible solar cells. These cells capable of generating 2.4 kilowatts of power run a small