The aircraft, which runs exclusively on power generated by sunlight proved two things today. A plane named Solar Impulse landing in Switzerland today after its first test flight success on its first 24-hour test flight powered entirely by the sun's energy, which charged 12,000 solar cells.
"I've been a pilot for 40 years now, but this flight has been the most incredible one of my flying career," said former Swiss air force pilot Andre Borschberg, 57. "I have just flown more than 26 hours without using a drop of fuel and without causing any pollution."
According to the account in The New York Times, the pilot's accommodations were a tad spartan. The temperature in the cramped cockpit dipped to minus 20 degrees Celsius, causing his drinking water to freeze up "and worse of all his iPod batteries die," said the project's website.
"I've been a pilot for 40 years now, but this flight has been the most incredible one of my flying career," said former Swiss air force pilot Andre Borschberg, 57. "I have just flown more than 26 hours without using a drop of fuel and without causing any pollution."
According to the account in The New York Times, the pilot's accommodations were a tad spartan. The temperature in the cramped cockpit dipped to minus 20 degrees Celsius, causing his drinking water to freeze up "and worse of all his iPod batteries die," said the project's website.
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