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Solar Impulse aircraft will not fly before the beginning of August
Hawaii, USA - Following the record breaking oceanic flight of 5 days and 5 nights (117 hours and 52 minutes)
Following the record breaking oceanic flight of 5 days and 5 nights (117 hours and 52 minutes) in a solar powered airplane, Solar Impulse will undergo maintenance repairs on the batteries due to damages brought about by over heating. Despite having completed the longest and most difficult leg of the Round the World Solar Flight, the solar powered airplane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg...
fra/pec - 1169446
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency