Solar Plane Passes New Test Ahead Of Planned World Tourのソースを表示

Bertrand Piccard lands the solar-powered plane Solar Impluse 2 at the Al-Bateen [http://Www.ajaxtime.com/?s=airport airport] in Emirati capital Abu Dhabi on March 2, 2015<br>� AFP Marwan Naamani<br><br><br><br><br>[http://News.Sky.com/search?term=Abu%20Dhabi Abu Dhabi] (AFP) - A solar-powered plane made a third successful test flight in the United Arab Emirates on Monday ahead of a planned round-the-world tour to promote alternative energy. <br><br>Organisers hope that Solar Impulse 2 may head off around the globe as early as Saturday but caution that the launch is dependent on the weather, even in the relatively [http://De.Bab.la/woerterbuch/englisch-deutsch/cloudless%20Gulf cloudless Gulf]. <br><br>The hour-long test flight was  [https://activetravel.asia/myanmar-burma-adventures-tl349.html myanmar adventures] the plane's third from the UAE capital Abu Dhabi's small Al-Bateen airport, but the  [https://activetravel.asia/myanmar-burma-adventures-tl349.html myanmar adventure tour] first for Solar Impulse chairman Bertrand Piccard, the descendant of a family of Swiss scientist-adventurers. <br><br>The pilot reported no problems, mission chiefs said.<br><br>The project  [https://activetravel.asia/myanmar-burma-adventures-tl349.html burma adventure tours] is the fruit of 13 years of research and testing by Piccard and Andre Borschberg, two Swiss pilots whose idea was initially ridiculed by the aviation industry.