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Solar Plane Attempts 24-Hour Flight |
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Posted 7/7/2010 at 10:30 AM by Bradlee A in Community Blog
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 Not the actual plane referenced in this Newsblog.
In a massive step toward air travel being powered by the sun, an experimental solar plane has taken off from Switzerland for a 24-hour test flight.
The Associated Press wrote:
The plane with its 262.5-foot (80-meter) wingspan left Payerne airfield shortly before 7 a.m. after overcoming an equipment problem that delayed a previous attempt, the Solar Impulse team said.
Clear blue skies on Wednesday allowed the prototype aircraft to soak up plenty of solar energy as it flew over the Jura mountains west of the Swiss Alps. The big question, however, was whether the plane's 12,000 solar cells could fill up its batteries with enough energy so the plane could fly through the night. |
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