New Delhi: Come early next year and Indians will witness a spectacle in the skies as world's first day and night flying solar-powered wide bodied aircraft will fly into India as part of its round the globe journey.
Termed as ‘Signature in the Skies,’ the flying laboratory will provide Indian clean energy and aviation enthusiasts a lifetime experience. Switzerland based Solar Impulse, world’s first day and night-abled solar-powered aircraft is all set to visit India in April 2015.
Although the landing place and schedules are yet to be finalised, Solar Impulse CEO, André Borschberg told The Hindu that the plane would enter Asia through India from the West coast. The Indian city where the aircraft will make the first stop is yet to be finalised and the company was on the lookout for Indian partners. Following this the plane will make another halt in an airport towards the Eastern coast in India before leaving for Myanmar.
It is for the first time in history that an airplane has succeeded in flying night and day without fuel, powered by only solar energy.
16/02/14 Sujay Mehdudia/The Hindu
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Termed as ‘Signature in the Skies,’ the flying laboratory will provide Indian clean energy and aviation enthusiasts a lifetime experience. Switzerland based Solar Impulse, world’s first day and night-abled solar-powered aircraft is all set to visit India in April 2015.
Although the landing place and schedules are yet to be finalised, Solar Impulse CEO, André Borschberg told The Hindu that the plane would enter Asia through India from the West coast. The Indian city where the aircraft will make the first stop is yet to be finalised and the company was on the lookout for Indian partners. Following this the plane will make another halt in an airport towards the Eastern coast in India before leaving for Myanmar.
It is for the first time in history that an airplane has succeeded in flying night and day without fuel, powered by only solar energy.
16/02/14 Sujay Mehdudia/The Hindu
