The first solar-powered plane made its first flight and landed without any problems. At 8:45 yesterday, April 25, Italian time, San Francisco airport welcomed the solar pioneer Bertrand Piccard, who flew aboard Solar Impulse, the first solar-powered airplane, crossing the Pacific Ocean in three days.
With the first solar journey, we want to give an impetus to the global community to accelerate the transition to solar energy. Solar Impulse started from Abu Dhabi on March 9, 2015, and over time it covered 8 km in 20.000 stages in 250 hours of flight, at an average speed of 90 km/h and using 5600 KWh of solar electricity. During the day, the sun's energy powers the plane's engines and recharges the batteries.
At night the plane glides to lower altitudes and uses the stored energy of the batteries. After California, the plane will arrive in New York, Europe and finally the place from which it departed, Abu Dhabi. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will alternate at the controls of Solar Impulse. “I feel so privileged attempting this feat around the world - said the Piccard driver - is like being in another world ”.
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