Related: Swiss Solar Slowly Circles the Globe
Do you also get a nose plug for the agenda-pushing BG filler?
"Solar-powered Swiss plane tests night flight" by Eliane Engeler and Frank Jordans, Associated Press | July 8, 2010
GENEVA — “The goal of the project is to have a solar-powered plane flying day and night without fuel,’’ Bertrand Piccard, the project’s cofounder, said. “This flight is crucial for the credibility of the project.’’
Should pilot Andre Borschberg or the team decide that it looks as if the Solar Impulse won’t make it through the night, the pilot will have the difficult task of landing the fragile aircraft before the batteries run out.
Borschberg — wearing a parachute, just in case — was circling in Swiss airspace, first at 28,000 feet and then gently easing down through the night — always within gliding range of Payerne airport, so he can land if the plane runs out of energy, Piccard said.
I don't think they will be going commercial anytime soon.
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Yeah, whatever happened there?
