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In a few small model airplanes, the energy of propulsion is stored in the

elasticity of a twisted rubber band.

Some full-sized airplanes have no on-board energy storage. They are given

some gravitational potential energy by being towed to altitude by another

aircraft, and then settle slowly to the ground. These are 'sailplanes' or 'gliders'.

A few full-sized airplanes have been powered by the food energy stored in the

individual who pedals a mechanism in order to fly them. A few others have been

powered by the solar radiation that impinges upon photovoltaic panels arrayed

on the wings and fuselage, with no on-board energy storage.

The vast majority of present-day airplanes store the chemical energy for their

operation in large tanks inside their wings, in the form of gasoline molecules.

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