CNET Photos: Soaring ambition for solar aircraft
Posted on July 3, 2009
Filed Under Prototype, Uncategorized |
CNET:On June 26, a prototype of the world’s latest solar-powered airplane was unveiled at an airfield in Dubendorf, Switzerland, by company co-founders and future pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg.The Solar Impulse HB-SIA is designed to fly both day and night without the need for fuel and without producing any pollution. The plane, which is scheduled to make its first flight later this year, was built to stay airborne for several days operating just on the power emitted by the sun and
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CNET Photos: Soaring ambition for solar aircraft
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