Solar Impulse Flies!

Submitted by Jason on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 08:11

The Solar Impulse project experienced a major victory on Thursday when their enormous aircraft flew for the first time! Although it was just a 350 meter "flea hop" at a height of one meter (well within ground effect,) it validated all the engineering work that Bertrand Piccard's team has been putting in over the last 6 years.

This is a truly revolutionary aircraft with the potential to change the whole paradigm of human flight. It's wonderful to see it doing so well. Congratulations Solar Impulse team, we're looking forward to watching videos of more flying soon!

You can read more about it and watch other videos on their website. Piccard left some personal comments on his blog as well.

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