Maiden flight for solar-powered plane

A SOLAR-POWERED airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel or emissions successfully made its first test flight above the Swiss countryside.

Thu, 08 Apr, 2010 - 01:00

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The Solar Impulse, which has 12,000 solar cells built into its wings, is a prototype for an aircraft intended to fly around the world without fuel in 2012.

It glided for 87 minutes above western Switzerland at an altitude of 3,937 feet with German test pilot Markus Scherdel at the controls.

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Courts Columnists Place: western Switzerland Place: Payerne Place: Zurich Place: Payerne airfield Place: France Place: England Person: Markus Scherdel Person: Scherdel Person: Bertrand Piccard Person: Andre Borschberg Person: Rachel de Bros.Person: Wright brothers Organisation: Solvay Organisation: Omega Organisation: Swatch Organisation: Deutsche Bank Organisation: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

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