Solar Airplane Takes Off

December 4, 2009

Solar Airplane Takes Off

Photo: Solar Impulse

A Swiss-built solar-powered airplane made its first short “flea hop” flight yesterday, in anticipation of initial test flights next year. The Solar Impulse HB-S1A, a project of Swiss aeronautical adventurer Bertrand Piccard, flew 1,150 feet, skimming along a military runway in Zurich just a meter above the ground.

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