[h=1]Solar-powered plane takes off on epic round-the-world flight[/h]March 09, 2015
A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has got under way from Abu Dhabi.The aircraft - called Solar Impulse-2 - took off from the Emirate, heading east to Muscat in Oman.Over the next five months, it will skip from continent to continent, crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in the process.Andre Borschberg was at the controls of the single-seater vehicle as it took off.He will share the pilot duties in due course with fellow Swiss, Bertrand Piccard.
Solar-powered plane takes off on epic round-the-world flight
This has great implications in the field of aviation! Look forward to a new green world!
A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has got under way from Abu Dhabi.The aircraft - called Solar Impulse-2 - took off from the Emirate, heading east to Muscat in Oman.Over the next five months, it will skip from continent to continent, crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in the process.Andre Borschberg was at the controls of the single-seater vehicle as it took off.He will share the pilot duties in due course with fellow Swiss, Bertrand Piccard.
Solar-powered plane takes off on epic round-the-world flight
This has great implications in the field of aviation! Look forward to a new green world!
