The longest journey of the solar plane
Solar Impulse has announced that its solar-powered aircraft will test flights from Switzerland to Morocco in the coming weeks.
Solar Impulse has announced that its solar-powered aircraft will test flights from Switzerland to Morocco in the coming weeks.
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This is likely to be the longest solar-powered flight in the world.
According to the announcement, after making some flights from Paris and Brussels in 2011, the Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg models powered by solar powered engines will test 2,500km without stopping. to refuel.
The flight test, scheduled for May or June, is considered very important with plans to include solar powered aircraft in commercial production from 2014.
"We want to make our flights as far as possible by using solar power," said Borschberg, co-founder and executive director of Solar Impulse .
In July 2010, Solar Impulse's high-tech aircraft made a historic flight using only solar energy.
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