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Solar Impulse 2, the solar aircraft of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, today carried out its first flight out of the Payerne aerodrome in #Switzerland. Here is the powerful video of this first flight: https://youtube/watch?v=yUpyuORoB8o&list=PL-tY-9eGABwzz5m915CcJF8mOx0aA8FPv&index=2 The whole flight can be relived right here: https://storify/solarimpulse/first-flight-solar-impulse-2 More information on this #FirstFlight: Test Pilot: Markus Scherdel Take-off time: 2 June 2014 5h36min CET Landing time: 2 June 2014 7h53min CET Flight duration: 2h 17 minutes Highest altitude reached: 1670 mètres (5500 ft) Average ground speed: 55.6 km/h (30 kt) The maiden flight has been successfully completed! Initial results are in line with calculations and simulations.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:14:05 +0000

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