Not a single drop of fuel, but 2 Solar Impulse flies well in the air. Saturday, May 30 evening, the plane took off from the city of Nanjing in China for the most dangerous stage of its world tour. Powered by solar energy alone, the device should connect the city of Nanjing in Honolulu (Hawaii).
A flight of 8500 kilometers is expected to last more than 130 hours. On its wings 17,000 photovoltaic cells and batteries that allow it to fly day and night.
The flight conditions are extreme. For six days and six nights, André Borschberg, the pilot of this experience will live in a tiny cockpit of three square meters, without heating or air conditioning. “I will not be gone if I had the slightest doubt, I know that this step is different from others, but I am very confident. We have all the tools to get there “, said André Borschberg.
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