A solar generated plane will become airborne this Monday in Switzerland.
The first set off of the Solar Impulse was July 4th of last year at exactly 8:56 GMT from Washington, DC and landed about 3:45 GMT of the following day at New York's JFK Airport.
CEOs of the Solar Impulse Bertrand Piccard, a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist, and Andre Borschberg, a Swiss businessman and pilot, and their team were proud to introduce the Solar Impulse for the second time. The plane was upgraded and improved which makes it as the first ever solar-powered plane to fly day and night. On the contrary, the aircraft was judged at first to be slim and primitive.
Solar Impulse team and developers stated their spirits are high hoping that all systems will never go wrong on Monday after the tear in the fabric of the left wing from last year's first set off. FOCA, Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, reported the SI as airworthy.
The pioneering single-seater aircraft composed of carbon fiber has a 72 meter wingspan (larger than that of the Boeing 747-8I) for a weight of just 2,300 Kg, equivalent to a car. The wing of the aircraft was devised from 12,000 on its first flight upgraded to 17,000 at most solar cells with four electric motors having renewable energy supply.
In adherence to the weather, SI would take the skies above Swiss territory at 5:30 GMT. The CEOs the Solar Impulse 2 wishes the introduction of the new and improved aircraft to be perfect and flawless.
Both Piccard and Borchberg goals to have the First Round-The-World Solar Flight in spring of 2015 up to 7 days in a row to follow their successes which brought their world records, including the longest piloted solar-powered flight at 26 straight hours, the first inter-continental flight in a solar-powered plane, and the greatest distance covered on a manned solar-powered flight.
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