{"id":14748,"date":"2011-05-16T06:10:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T06:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/uncategorized\/solar-impulse-solar-powered-plane-completes-worlds-first-solar-powered-flight.php"},"modified":"2013-01-24T10:00:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T10:00:47","slug":"solar-impulse-solar-powered-plane-completes-worlds-first-solar-powered-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/transport\/solar-impulse-solar-powered-plane-completes-worlds-first-solar-powered-flight.php","title":{"rendered":"Solar Impulse solar powered plane completes world\u2019s first solar powered flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/16\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-1.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/16\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-1.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=648,height=419,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-1-thumb-450x290.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"290\" alt=\"solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWe\u2019ve been following the exploits of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/solar-impulse-the-solar-powered-aircraft-that-flies-at-night.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Solar Impulse<\/a> for quite some time now and the revolutionary solar powered airplane just set yet another bench mark completing the world\u2019s first international flight powered by the sun. Taking off from an airfield at Payerne in western <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/sunpowered-planes-prototype-unveiled-by-swiss-team.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Switzerland<\/a> on Friday morning, the Solar Impulse completed its solar powered trip to Brussels airport after 13 hours of flying. The 10 year project worth 90 million Euros ($128 million) seems to have paid off with the successful <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/the-solar-impulse-completes-first-full-test-flight.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">development and flight of the Solar Impulse<\/a>, packed with 12,000 solar cells.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/solar-impulse-solar-powered-plane-flies-for-over-24-hours-in-switzerland.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Solar Impulse has flown 24 hours<\/a> at a stretch before and boasts a flying speed of 70 km\/h (44 mph) and took 26-hours to complete the flight, 10 times slower than the regular Jumbo, though we\u2019re pretty sure the technology this one will give a nudge ahead to will help nudge out the now-prevalent polluting modes of flying.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/16\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-2.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/16\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-2.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=600,height=413,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-2-thumb-450x309.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" alt=\"solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/16\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-3.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/16\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-3.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=950,height=642,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-3-thumb-450x304.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"304\" alt=\"solar-powered-HB-SIA-prototype-3.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/05\/14\/us-aviation-solar-idUSTRE74C3M920110514\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been following the exploits of the Solar Impulse for quite some time now and the revolutionary solar powered airplane just set yet another bench mark completing the world\u2019s first international flight powered by the sun. 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