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| | | | | | | Un volo intorno al mondo sfruttando l’energia solare con il supporto dell’ESA
31 Marzo 2004
| The Solar Impulse single-pilot aircraft will be designed to fly around the world powered only by solar energy. It will be constructed using ultra-light materials and be able to fly during the night on batteries charged during the day.
Credits: Artist concept: Oxyde.de-Sapristi / EPFL – Solar Impulse | |  |  | |
| | | | | A helicopter, left, circles around the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon flying over the Swiss Alps during the non-stop round-the-world flight in 1999
Credits: AP Photo/Keystone/Fabrice Coffrini | | | | |
| | | | Colpo di ali allo sviluppo sostenibile
| The Solar Impulse aircraft will fly at an altitude of 10 000 to 11 000 metres above clouds to capture all available sunlight
Credits: Artist concept: Oxyde.de-Sapristi / EPFL – Solar Impulse | | | | |
| | | | | Bertrand Piccard presents his Solar Impulse project
Credits: Alain Herzog / EPFL | | | | |
| | | | Energia solare al 100% per un volo non-stop a 10 km di altitudine
| The Solar Impulse aircraft will fly at an altitude of 10 000 to 11 000 metres above clouds to capture all available sunlight. It will resemble a glider with a 70-metre wide wingspan. It will use propeller engines powered by solar-generated electricity.
Credits: Artist concept: Oxyde.de-Sapristi / EPFL – Solar Impulse | | | | |
| | | | | After sailing into history as the first aviators to fly a hot-air balloon around the world nonstop, Bertrand Piccard, left, and Brian Jones greet wellwishers upon their arrival at Geneva's Cointrin Airport on 22 March, 1999. The two men completed the trip in 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes having flown 46 759 kilometers (29 056 miles), eventually landing.
Credits: AP Photo/Donald Stampfli | | | | |
| | | | | Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, together with pilot and engineer André Borschberg, will fly the Solar Impulse aircraft
Credits: Artist concept: Oxyde.de-Sapristi / EPFL – Solar Impulse | | | | |
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| | Maggiori informazioni Solar ImpulseEPFL - Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyBertrand PiccardBrian Jones' Orbiter BalloonSuccessi recenti di trasferimento di tecnologia spaziale Uno strano scalatore di possibili franeL’ESA in soccorso dei bambini fotosensibiliNuna II batte tutti i record del World Solar Challenge!Related links Technology Transfer - Down to EarthESA Technology Transfer - Spin-off Successes
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