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Thomas Owsinski 04.05.2013

class=”imgLead” id=”photo-desc”>” Solar Impulse “ , photo: PAP / EPA / JOHN G. MABANGLO

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flight lasted 18 hours. “Solar Impulse” is to fly from west to east USA. The last step is to New York, during the trip are provided stopover to residents of several states could see this incredible machine.
Airplane is on the wings of twelve thousand solar cells that power electric motors. Prescribed average flight speed is 69 km / h. At the controls sits inventor, Swiss Bertrand Piccard. For two months is to finish the mission at New York’s Kennedy Airport. For two years Piccard wants to take flight around the world.

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