Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:51 pmCool technology and a Brave man !!! :-)
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Swiss adventurer Bertrand Picard is set to unveil a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes eventually to fly around the world. The initial version, spanning 61m but weighing just 1,500kg, will undergo trials to prove it can fly at night. He expects to make a crossing of the Atlantic in 2012.
The flight would be a risky endeavour. Only now is solar and battery technology becoming mature enough to sustain flight through the night - and then only in unmanned planes.
The public unveiling on Friday of the HB-SIA is taking place at Dubendorf airfield near Zürich.[/quote]
see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8120026.stm
The flight would be a risky endeavour. Only now is solar and battery technology becoming mature enough to sustain flight through the night - and then only in unmanned planes.
The public unveiling on Friday of the HB-SIA is taking place at Dubendorf airfield near Zürich.[/quote]
see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8120026.stm