Monday, March 9, 2015

Solar-powered aircraft began a world tour (video) – TODAY

Airplane Solar began to travel around the world (video) http://www.segodnya.ua/img/article/5985/82_main .png http://www.segodnya.ua/img/article/5985/82_tn.png World Oman solar-powered plane Tuesday morning will go towards India

Oman solar-powered plane Tuesday morning will go towards India


Despite the technical problems and adverse weather conditions Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 completed in the capital of Oman, the first circumnavigation of the twelve stages of the flight.

 

The journey will last about five months, and during that time the aircraft will fly 35 thousand. Km.


 

Aircraft departures from the airport in the capital of the United Arab Emirates was preceded by a failure in the electrical system, which was eliminated in about 15 minutes. One of the problems for pilots and engineers was the unfavorable weather. Dust storm could reduce the efficiency of solar cells.


 

From Oman solar-powered plane Tuesday morning will go towards India. Then Borschberg and Piccard plans to reach China. After they will be flying over the Pacific Ocean, the US and European countries.


 

During the flight is scheduled landings 12, the end point of the route will be the UAE.


 

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