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SCHWEIZ SOLAR IMPULSE
The experimental aircraft "Solar Impulse" is prepared to take off with German test pilot Markus Scherdel from the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland, on April 6, 2011 for the first flight test in 2011. Solar Impulse is ultimately aiming for the aviator's dream of "perpetual flight" and to prove a point by flying through the night. The propeller plane with a 61-metre (200-foot) wingspan is powered by four electric motors and designed to fly day and night by saving surplus energy from its 12,000 solar cells in high-performance batteries. (KEYSTONE/Dominic Favre)
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Erstellungsdatum
20110406
Ort
PAYERNE SCHWEIZ
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
KEYSTONE
Byline
DOMINIC FAVRE
Grösse
3500 x 2333 px
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