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Solar Impulse is the only airplane of perpetual endurance, able to fly day and night on solar power, without a drop of fuel.The chances of succeeding at the first attempt to build a solar airplane capable of flying around the world were judged to be slim, but ?Solar Impulse II? an innovation partnered by Borschberg, an entrepreneur, engineer and professional pilot, Dr Piccard and supported by Masdar University (Abu Dhabi) thought it differently.
Earlier the idea of a solar-powered plane originated when Dr Bertrand Piccard?s historic balloon flight was nearly jeopardised due to its dependency on fossil fuel - of the 3.7 tonnes of liquid propane on board at take-off, only 40kg remained when the balloon landed!!!
Solar airplanes had flown before, but only during the day and without the capacity to store energy, and here is the uniqueness of this project. The airplane powered by solar energy will take off from Abu Dhabi on a first-of-its-kind journey in the history of aviation. Piccard and Borschberg will take turns as pilots. Team is in Abu Dhabi this month to make final preparations for five-month global flight that takes off in March. Taking off from Abu Dhabi in March, the round-the-world journey will take over five months to complete, during which the plane will make several stops. After stopovers in Oman and India, and then continuing its journey east flying over the Great Wall of China, the plane will make two ocean crossings, with two stops in America and one in Europe, before it makes its way back to Abu Dhabi towards the end of July. Once it is successful, air travel will enter into a new era when we talk about using renewable fuels?we all will be looking forward to this in 2015? Happy new year to you all? Sources : 2) http://www.solarimpulse.com/en/our-adventure/solar-impulse-2/#.VKgg8dKUdlw |
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@Unmesh Yes indeed,
Posted 07-01-2015 15:47
Thanks for sharing this , Unmesh. I was very excited when I read it in local media. Looking forward to March. We are proud residents of UAE where almost every week an innovative eco project is launched.
Posted 06-01-2015 03:36
@ Christy : ha ha ha...yes, sadly it is a true joke!!! and we all will be looking forward towards the outcome of the flight
Posted 06-01-2015 01:35
Thx a lot Rohan..yes, we all will be looking forward the happenings during march and July
Posted 06-01-2015 01:34
thx namira and Bindu for your comments...
Posted 06-01-2015 01:34
Thank you for sharing this wonderful article, Unmesh, I am really happy to hear about it :)
When we participate in international conferences there is a famous joke about it.
"We came here to protect the environment emitting enormous amount of CO2!"
I hope this joke can be the history and clean fight becomes a new norm.
Posted 05-01-2015 14:27
Looking forward to this historic moment expected in Mar-15, Unmesh.
Good Luck to the pilots Piccard and Borschberg.
Posted 04-01-2015 17:47
@Unmesh thank you for sharing this article. It is a topic of hope for all environment lovers like us to know about Solar Impulse II. If this mission succeed then for sure it will be new era in renewable energy for aviation. I wish all the best for pilots Piccard and Borschberg. Looking forward to hearing its success soon :)
Posted 04-01-2015 10:00
Wow! Thanks for informing us about this Unmesh!
Posted 04-01-2015 03:16