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05:43
Thy Phan
Payerne - experimental aircraft that rely on sunlight as a source of energy, Solar Impulse, landed safely on Thursday morning after the completed testing of its first 24-hour nonstop flight. The flight proved that the plane was able to gather enough solar energy during the day to keep him on the air all night.The plane landed at the airfield Payerne, about 50 kilometers southwest of Bern, the capital of Switzerland, at 0700 GMT, or 9 am local time. Andre Borschberg pilot landed the plane with the help of a group of people that help balance the prototype aircraft was so touched the runway. This was done to ensure the aircraft wings which reach 63 feet it does not touch the ground and roll planes.
Solar Impulse airlines that achieved a record solar plane to fly with the longest, more than a day and night. Record for the Swiss team that brought the project for seven years closer to their primary goal to circumnavigate the world with a capital of only the energy from sunlight. The flight proved that it can fill a plane full of batteries just by using solar cells and 12 000 in the afternoon sunlight.
Borschberg, 57, a former Swiss fighter jet pilot, managed to overcome the turbulence at low altitude and thermal winds, and survive the freezing conditions at night. Borschberg hugged Bertrand Piccard, one of the founders of the company Solar Impulse, before removing himself from the cockpit-sized tub that has been occupied for 26 hours. "The period when you take off is another era," said Piccard. "You landed in a new era, an era in which people know that the renewable energy you can do impossible things."
