Check this out, an airplane powered by AA batteries. Cool, this is the first manned air plane powered by 160 AA Matsushita “Oxyride” batteries (The Oxyride battery is a long-lasting battery said to be 1.5 times as powerful as a regular alkaline battery) demonstrated in Okegawa, Japan. It soared as high as 5.2 meters, stayed in the air for 59 seconds and covered a distance of 391 meters (428 yards) at a private airport owned by Honda Motor Co.
[via The Raw Feed]