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Title: Solar-Powered Plane Starts First Ever Round-The-World Trip
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Published: Mar 9, 2015
Author: staff
Post Date: 2015-03-09 05:57:13 by Tatarewicz
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Solar Impulse 2, a plane running exclusively on sun power, has taken off from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and is set to complete the first ever solar around-the-world flight in five months.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The aircraft, piloted by Swiss Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg took off at 07:12 a. m. local time (03:12 GMT) from the Al Bateen Airport.

A man walks past the Solar Impulse 2 during its presentation at the Al Bateen airport in Abu Dhabi January 20, 2015. © REUTERS/ Ahmed Jadallah Solar Powered Plane to Fly Around World Next Month Solar Impulse 2 was first flown last year. Its single wing is covered by 17,200 sun batteries that power the aircraft's engines, enabling it to fly at a maximum speed of 140 kilometers (87 miles) per hour. Piccard and Borschberg will take turn piloting the plane during their round-the-world journey.

Solar Impulse 2 is part of the Solar Impulse project, led by Piccard, a psychiatrist and aeronaut, and Borschberg, a businessman. Its predecessor is Solar Impulse 1 that Borschberg used to complete the world's first ever manned 26-hour sun-powered flight on July 8, 2010.

The construction of Solar Impulse 2 was launched in 2011. It was completed in April, 2014 after some delays caused by structural failures.

Read more: sputniknews.com/science/2...236907.html#ixzz3TsfxcUCZ

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

This aviation project is significant just in the technology that has been developed. Omega is the main sponsor and technology partner.

X-15  posted on  2015-03-09   17:13:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Lots of details on the plane and instrumentation/technology:

www.omegawatches.com/plan...ial/solar-impulse-project

X-15  posted on  2015-03-09   17:20:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Wonderful ~ what man should be developing for the future.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2015-03-09   18:16:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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