“The experimental Solar Impulse plane, which has made several trips since its maiden flight in 2009, will take off on May 1st on a transcontinental tour split in five stages.  ‘We are ready to do this flight across America,’ said Solar Impulse co-founder Andre Borschberg during a press conference at a hangar in Mountain View, near San Francisco.  A non-stop flight would take approximately three days travelling at the aircraft’s cruising speed of around 43 miles (70 kilometres) per hour. ‘We have limited ourselves to fly a duration maximum of 24 hours,’ said Borschberg, who will share the piloting duties with Solar Impulse president Bertrand Piccard.”

http://www.thelocal.ch/page/view/swiss-solar-power-plane-prepares-for-trans-us-flight

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