World's 1st manned solar-powered night flight lands

World's 1st manned solar-powered night flight lands

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The Solar-Impulse lands at Payerne military air base in western Switzerland on the morning of July 8, 2010, some 26 hours after its departure from the same airport. The brainchild of famed Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard made the first successful nighttime flight of an entirely solar-powered aircraft operated by a human pilot.

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  • 2010/7/08 00:00:00
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