tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post7758313506155355903..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii. The next leg of the flight will be from Honolulu to Phoenix, Arizona. antixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-36401159023824322162015-07-15T16:07:58.147+03:002015-07-15T16:07:58.147+03:00Solar Impulse grounded until 2016...
The Swiss te...Solar Impulse grounded until 2016...<br /><br />The Swiss team trying to fly a solar-powered plane around the world has abandoned its effort for this year.<br /><br />Its Solar Impulse vehicle's batteries were damaged on the last leg of the journey from Japan to Hawaii and will take several months to repair.<br /><br />The aircraft will be kept at its Pacific stop-over at Kalaeloa airport while the maintenance is undertaken.<br /><br />Once the work is done there will be some test flights before the global quest resumes in 2016, the team says.<br /><br />That is likely to be in April, and would see Solar Impulse fly from Hawaii to the West Coast of the US.<br /><br />It should then have a sizeable weather window to try to cross America, the Atlantic, and make its way back to Abu Dhabi, UAE, where the circumnavigation began in March this year.<br /><br />The suspension will be a disappointment but the project has already met a number of its key objectives.............http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33538442<br />15/7/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com