Mauro Solar Riser

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.

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