Payerne (News Today) - An experimental solar-powered aircraft took off from a Swiss airbase here in the early hours of Wednesday in a bid to make history by flying round the clock and through the night.
Solar Impulse whirred along the runway at Payerne in western Switzerland, reaching 35 kilometres per hour (22 mph) as lone pilot Andre Borschberg gently lifted into clear skies at 6.51 am (0451 GMT) on a scheduled 25 hour flight, The ground control crew were due to decide about 13 hours later whether Borschberg should press on through darkness.
The go-ahead will depend on the sun’s ability to charge up Solar Impulse’s batteries in the daytime and the threat of strong high altitude winds, joint flight control chief and former astronaut Claude Nicollier said. A first attempt was called off an hour before take off last Thursday after an electronic component failed.
Source : kompas
Monday, July 12, 2010
Solar Plane Sets out on Historic Flight
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