Monday, March 02, 2015

First solar plane lands this weekend

New Delhi: Solar Impulse—the world’s only solar-powered aircraft—is set to arrive in India by this weekend.

It will be the second stop of the aircraft's maiden effort to circumnavigate the globe.
Though the Swiss aircraft was to arrive before Holi, the touchdown was postponed by a few days as sandstorms in the Gulf have delayed the trial run.

As of Sunday, the probable date for the aircraft's touchdown at Ahmedabad airport is March 7-8, sources told Deccan Herald.

The single-seater will take off from Abu Dhabi and stop at Muscat, Ahmedabad and Varanasi in India, Mandalay in Myanmar, and Chongqing and Nanjing in China.
Then, it will cross the Pacific Ocean via Hawaii and fly across the US, stopping in Phoenix, the Midwest and New York.

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the aircraft's final legs will include a stopover in Southern Europe or North Africa before it completes the round-the-world flight at its final destination: Abu Dhabi.Solar Impulse will stop only for a night halt in Varanasi.
01/03/15 Deccan Herald
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