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In 1903, the Wright brothers became the first men to fly. Twenty-four years later, Charles Lindbergh became the first to fly over the Atlantic. Coming soon...another possible breakthrough. Two Swiss gentlemen have built a plane which they hope to fly across the United States next spring and then around the world without burning an ounce of fuel. Yes, Switzerland makes solar powered airplane called SOLAR IMPULSE 2 which will fly around the world from 2015. The plane is called Solar Impulse and it's powered entirely by the sun. It is not the first solar airplane, but it is the first that can fly at night. Thousands of solar cells on its wings transmit enough energy to batteries to keep it in the sky from sunset to sunrise. Solar Impulse has already flown more than 2,500 miles from Switzerland to North Africa and back. The goal: to make it around the world in 20 days and 20 nights. The plane has larger wings — about the size of a larger passenger plane — and uses roughly 17,200 solar cells and improved batteries. The plane also has amenities such as autopilot, a toilet, and a large enough cockpit for the pilot to lie down. The solar-powered plane has no fuel on board and with a wingspan of 236ft (72 metres), it is larger than a Boeing 747-8I jet liner. It weighs around the same as a car at 382 stone (2,300kg) Adopting this idea by other countries will help us to conserve energy. With more improvement in technology, we can adopt the same for all the airplanes! |
   
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Sounds fantastic. I'm waiting for the first commercial flight to start :D
Thank you for sharing, Afra :)
Posted 28-09-2014 20:32
Thanks for the report Afra.
It is planned to commence the journey from UAE in March 2015 & continue over the Arabian Sea, India, Burma, China, the Pacific Ocean, the US, the Atlantic Ocean and Southern Europe or North Africa before closing the loop by returning to the departure point.
Raunak Kapur has reported this on 10-Apr-14. The link is given below for your reference:
http://tunza.eco-generation.org/ambassadorReportView.jsp?viewID=9472&searchType=title&searchName=solar&pageNumber=3
Posted 10-09-2014 15:48
Nice report...yes I also track this development for the obvious reasons!!! Just waiting for the 1st commercial flight to start...Just to add, we also need to think off the auxiliary infrastructure cost to build up fuel stations/re-fuelling landing requirement etc...
Posted 07-09-2014 19:38
Thank you all
Posted 05-09-2014 19:33
Carbon free flying! Just great!
Thought it is a big challenge but it initiatives take place seriously, we will get a carbon free space. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 05-09-2014 19:27
If in near future the commercial aviation community can use the solar powered planes, it will be indeed one of the greatest achievement of humanity.
The best part:
1. Reduction of intake of petroleum.
2. Eco-friendly!
Cheers!
Posted 05-09-2014 16:59
That would be great! Finally, we can convert the vehicle that produce tons of greenhouse gases in the sky into an eco-friendly airplane.
Posted 05-09-2014 09:39
This is a nice carbon free way of flying. Thanks for sharing, Afra.
Posted 04-09-2014 01:47
yes, to conserve environment, we should optimize the use of solar energy. I heard abiut this swiss plane. thank you for explaning
Posted 04-09-2014 00:24
great thanks for the post
Posted 03-09-2014 23:17