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Solar Airplane Debuts Before ‘Round-the-World’ Flight

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Bertrand Piccard, whose father was a record-setting deep-sea diver and grandfather flew a hot-air balloon into the stratosphere aims to keep the family tradition intact: the Swiss adventurer unveiled a solar airplane Friday that weighs as much as a... Full Article at Wired

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  1. The airplane could do it theoretically non-stop, but not the pilot ... We should fly at roughly 25 knots and that would make it between 20 and 25 days to go around the world, which is too much for a pilot who has to steer the plane. In a balloon you can sleep, because it stays in the air even if you sle...
    SOURCE: Wired 5 months ago
  2. We’ll certainly avoid stormy situations
    SOURCE: Wired 5 months ago
  3. Through this project we are proclaiming our conviction that a pioneering spirit and political vision can together change society and put an end to fossil fuel dependency
    SOURCE: Wired 5 months ago
  4. Yesterday it was a dream, today it is an airplane, tomorrow it will be an ambassador of renewable energies
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