• DocumentCode
    44823
  • Title

    Solar-powered plane completes maiden flight before round-the-world trip [News]

  • Author

    Pultarova, Tereza

  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Aug-14
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    A solar-powered aircraft designed to make the first flight around the world with no fuel has been unveiled in Switzerland. Like Solar Impulse 1, which famously crossed the USA in two months fully powered by the Sun, Solar Impulse 2 is the brainchild of Swiss psychiatrist and explorer Bertrand Piccard and engineer and entrepreneur Andre Borschberg.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering & Technology
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-9637
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/et.2014.0721
  • Filename
    6882916