Lido no Swiss Info:Solar Impulse heads to Paris air show
A Swiss solar-powered aircraft has begun a flight from Brussels to Paris after solving a series of technical hitches.
The Solar Impulse was headed to the International Paris Air Show, the biggest such show in the world, where it has been billed as a “special guest”. It’s the aircraft’s second international flight.
It took off at 5am on Tuesday and was due to land in Bourget airport in Paris at around 9.30pm. In a first failed attempt on Saturday, weather conditions and problems with the landing gear meant the plane had to turn back after three hours.
The Solar Impulse team were expecting two bad weather fronts on Tuesday. They will coordinate with pilot André Borschberg from the plane’s hub in Payerne in canton Vaud.
It had been in Brussels since making its first international flight from Switzerland on May 13.
Solar Impulse, the brainchild of Swiss round-the-world balloonist Bertrand Piccard, has the wingspan of a Boeing 747-400 and weighs 1,600kg – about the same as an average family car. Its electric motors obtain their energy from 12,000 solar cells mounted on the wings.
A Swiss solar-powered aircraft has begun a flight from Brussels to Paris after solving a series of technical hitches.
The Solar Impulse was headed to the International Paris Air Show, the biggest such show in the world, where it has been billed as a “special guest”. It’s the aircraft’s second international flight.
It took off at 5am on Tuesday and was due to land in Bourget airport in Paris at around 9.30pm. In a first failed attempt on Saturday, weather conditions and problems with the landing gear meant the plane had to turn back after three hours.
The Solar Impulse team were expecting two bad weather fronts on Tuesday. They will coordinate with pilot André Borschberg from the plane’s hub in Payerne in canton Vaud.
It had been in Brussels since making its first international flight from Switzerland on May 13.
Solar Impulse, the brainchild of Swiss round-the-world balloonist Bertrand Piccard, has the wingspan of a Boeing 747-400 and weighs 1,600kg – about the same as an average family car. Its electric motors obtain their energy from 12,000 solar cells mounted on the wings.
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