Solar Impulse unveiled in Duebendorf, Zurich June 2009
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Solar Impulse is moving out of the hangar near Zurich where it has been undergoing months of fine-tuning. The solar airplane’s engineering team turned over the plane officially to the test team Monday 19 October and ground testing is now beginning, under the direction of Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier.
The airplane, a project directed by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, aims to fly around the world fueled only by energy from the sun.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 23 October 2009 at 6:05, last updated on 22 October 2009 at 19:15 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 23 October 2009.
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Tags: Andre Borschberg, Bertrand Piccard, Claude Nicollier, Solar Impulse, testing
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