NEW YORK, 22 May. / Corr. Kirill Volkov TASS /. Swiss aeronaut Andre Borshberg who performs together with his partner round the world flight by a solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), planted on a Saturday night his vehicle in the US state of Ohio. This was reported by the project organizers themselves
“Andre Borshberg landed in the city of Dayton, after a 17-hour flight to Ohio without fuel,” -. Said the project page at the Twitter network. There’s also a video taken by Si2 successful landing at the local airport.
Si2 flew out of Tulsa (Oklahoma) on Saturday at 05:00 local time (12:00 MSK). Is expected to stop in Ohio will not be long. Balloonists plan to make at least one more stop in the United States, and then begin to fly across the Atlantic. Borshberg and his partner Bertrand Piccard had previously stated that they wanted to go to New York, then – in Europe or North Africa, and then – in Abu Dhabi, where the March 9, 2015 began their journey.
Going to route from Abu Dhabi, the plane then make stops in Oman, India, Myanmar and China. Due to the bad weather last summer he had an emergency landing in the Japanese city of Nagoya. Solar Impulse 2 There was almost a month in anticipation of favorable weather conditions
Later, the plane flew from Japan to Hawaii -. Them he arrived July 3 last year. We then discovered the aircraft battery damage due to overheating. Their replacement took a long time, and the continuation of the flight has been postponed until 2016.
Solar Impulse 2, designed in Switzerland, is an improved version of its predecessor -. Solar Impulse. The scope of its wings – 72 meters, weight – about 2.3 tons. The aircraft is 17 thousand. Solar batteries, from which four electric motors work. Its cruising speed is about 140 kilometers per hour.
The aircraft Solar set a record for the duration of a finding in flight
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