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New presentation for Solar Impulse, Piccard's airplane

Zurich, Switzerland - In Dübendorf on Friday, June 26

The "Solar Impulse", the sun powered aircraft realized by Swiss Bertrand Piccard (the first man to fly around the world with his "Orbiter 3" balloon in March 2009"), will be presented again on Friday, 26 June, at Dübendorf airfield, near Zurich. The building of the first prototype, dubbed HB-SIA, aims to verify the possibility of continuous 36-hour flight (night and day), without fuel and without...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1105923
Rome, Italy, 06/17/2009 15:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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