Sunday, April 24, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 flew over the “Golden Gate” – BBC News

The pilot Bertrand Piccard flew on the Solar Impulse plane 2 of the famous bridge “Golden Gate” in San Francisco.

On Sunday morning, a plane flew over the Pacific Ocean on solar batteries and villages in California. After landing, the airport Moffett pilot reported that the landing was soft. “I could fly to the New York”, – joked the pilot

His world tour plane that uses only solar energy mission, began March 9, 2015 in Abu Dhabi.. According to RIA Novosti, he has already visited Oman, India, Myanmar, China and Japan. In July last year the plane arrived at the Hawaiian Islands. It was a record – the plane was in the air 120 hours. However, because of the battery out of service.

Last Thursday Solar Impulse 2 flew from Hawaii. According to “Interfax”, from the aircraft the pilot talked to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. “What you are doing right now in New York, sign the Paris Agreement on the climate – is the beginning of a revolution in the field of clean technologies”, – said Picard, Secretary General of the United Nations

Solar Impulse 2 is constructed of carbon fiber. . The scope of its wings is 72 meters (this is more than the Boeing-747-8). This aircraft weighs only 2.3 tons. The upper side of its wings covered with solar panels, which operate four electric motors. Cleaner aircraft can reach speeds of up to 140 kilometers per hour

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