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Solar Impulse 2
- Carlitos hdz
- Mar 9, 2015
- 1 min read
The new solar-powered plane took off from Abu Dhabi (UAE) last Monday, heading to Muscat, then Oman, India, Myanmar, China and then the U.S.
This is the first solar-powered plane and is expected to fly a distance of 35,000 km during 5 months
This is a historic flight,is the first plane to go on a non-stop journey all around the world, with no gas, the pilots Borschberg and Piccard will fly 500 hours taking turns in its 3.8 m2 cockpit , all of this is happening after 12 years of preparation. Piccard was part of another trip made in a balloon in a non-stop flight in 1999.
The plane`s 72-meter wingspan makes it wider than a Boeing 747, but the plane weighs just 2.5 tons.
More info click CNN.
image taken from cnn.com
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