Solar Impulse To Go Ahead With Second Solar-Powered Aircraft

Switzerland’s Solar Impulse team is to proceed with plans to built a second solar-powered aircraft after a 26-hr. through-the-night flight by the first prototype, registered HB-SIA. The flight proved the single-seat aircraft can stay aloft using solar energy to recharge its batteries. The 207 ft...

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