http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/espyder/

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — It’s nice to read about something, but seeing it in person is altogether different. Such was the case watching Tom Peghiny roll down the grass and take to the skies in his electric ultralight.

You always hear the buzz of small engines — most of them noisy two-strokes — when you’re approaching the ultralight field here at AirVenture. But when the crowd watched Peghiny push the control lever of the eSpyder forward and take off almost silently into the sunset, it was eerie.

“It’s very nice to relax and see windmills on the far side of the lake. It all feels like the future is now,” Peghiny said of flying the eSpyder. “It’s more like dream flying because it’s so quiet.”