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04-09-2014, 01:00 AM
Pilots Plan Solar-Powered Flight Around the World in 2015
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The two Swiss pilots who flew a solar-powered plane on a record-setting coast-to-coast flight across the United States last summer will unveil their next-generation solar plane this week, which they will use in 2015 to circumnavigate the globe.
Pilots André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard are slated to reveal a new solar-powered airplane (http://www.livescience.com/37994-solar-plane-completes-cross-country-flight.html), dubbed Solar Impulse 2, in a ceremony on April 9, beginning at 9 a.m. EDT. The event will be webcast live on the Solar Impulse website (http://www.solarimpulse.com).
Last year, Borschberg and Piccard alternated flying a different solar-powered plane, called Solar Impulse, from California to New York, completing the cross-country journey on July 6, 2013, after roughly two months and five planned stops. The pilots are planning to fly the new Solar Impulse 2 plane on a first-of-its-kind journey around the worldSEE ALSO: Images of Cross-Country Flight in a Solar-Powered Plane (http://www.livescience.com/28267-images-cross-country-solar-powered-flight.html)
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The two Swiss pilots who flew a solar-powered plane on a record-setting coast-to-coast flight across the United States last summer will unveil their next-generation solar plane this week, which they will use in 2015 to circumnavigate the globe.
Pilots André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard are slated to reveal a new solar-powered airplane (http://www.livescience.com/37994-solar-plane-completes-cross-country-flight.html), dubbed Solar Impulse 2, in a ceremony on April 9, beginning at 9 a.m. EDT. The event will be webcast live on the Solar Impulse website (http://www.solarimpulse.com).
Last year, Borschberg and Piccard alternated flying a different solar-powered plane, called Solar Impulse, from California to New York, completing the cross-country journey on July 6, 2013, after roughly two months and five planned stops. The pilots are planning to fly the new Solar Impulse 2 plane on a first-of-its-kind journey around the worldSEE ALSO: Images of Cross-Country Flight in a Solar-Powered Plane (http://www.livescience.com/28267-images-cross-country-solar-powered-flight.html)
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