Plane on solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 flew from Egypt to the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, where he began his flight and which completes its journey around the world.
It is noted that the distance from the Egyptian capital Cairo, from where it departed on Sunday, the aircraft must be overcome in 48 hours.
Solar Impulse 2 had to go to the final flight of a week ago, but the flight was postponed due to illness of the pilot Bertrand Piccard.
“Here we are! Bertrand Piccard just went to the last part of the trip around the world “, – said in a microblog project on Twitter.
This flight has to be simple enough, although the team has some concerns about how the warm weather in the Middle East could affect the movement of the aircraft.
The pilot is likely to have to climb high above the ground to neutralize the turbulence caused by the heat. This aircraft will spend more energy than usual, which means it will be less at night.
“We thought it would be easy to fly, because between Egypt and Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia over the whole always good weather. But in fact, it was very difficult to find a good strategy, “- said the pilot
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The aircraft Solar Impulse 2, which uses only solar energy mission, began a world tour March 9, 2015 in Abu Dhabi. He visited Oman (Muscat), India (Varanasi), Myanmar (Mandalay), China (Chongqing and Nanjing), Japan (Nagoya), and several cities in the United States.
Solar Impulse 2 was presented to the public in April 2014 and successfully tested in June. The weight of the aircraft is 2.3 ton, single crystal of swing – 72 meters, it installed 17.2 thousand solar panels that produce energy for the supply of electric motors of the aircraft.. The maximum speed of the aircraft is 140 km / h. The first long flight of the aircraft on solar energy held in April 2010.
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