Friday, April 15, 2016

Before PremièreSolar-Ship, a cargo plane solar wings inflated with helium – Le Figaro

Doctors Without Borders, in particular, is interested in this mode of transport to carry emergency medical equipment in remote areas.

Nothing to do with Solar Impulse. Although his name is reminiscent of the all electric aircraft that will soon begin the second leg of his world tour, Solar Ship is born in Canada of a different idea. “He has to go everywhere. Take off and land on a football field, “had to Jay Godsall project, the president of Solar Ship, who imagined in 1983, when he was in high school, to open up the Burundi!

Thirty years later, he is about to realize his dream. It is a converted airship cargo plane, powered by electricity with solar panels, like Solar Impulse. This device has luggage capacity that are procured it by its wings inflated with helium or hydrogen, two lighter than air gas. “Our hybrid aircraft …

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