Usually on Monday we feature the Image of the Week from our AirSpace community. Due to this week's cover featuring the top image of the year, there is no Image of the Week. Check back tomorrow for the results of the top photos from AirSpace.
Using battery power, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA made its first flight with a 350m hop at 3ft (1m) altitude on 3 December along a runway at Dübendorf airfield, north-east of Zurich, Switzerland. Designed to fly with solar power, the hop, at 13:11 local time, ends the first development phase. Now the HB-SIA will be transported to the Swiss military airfield at Payerne, west of Bern. There in early 2010 it will carry out solar-powered test flights that will gradually increase in duration until the aircraft makes its first night flight using energy stored during the day. Original Article
(Photo: Solar Impulse)
Using battery power, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA made its first flight with a 350m hop at 3ft (1m) altitude on 3 December along a runway at Dübendorf airfield, north-east of Zurich, Switzerland. Designed to fly with solar power, the hop, at 13:11 local time, ends the first development phase. Now the HB-SIA will be transported to the Swiss military airfield at Payerne, west of Bern. There in early 2010 it will carry out solar-powered test flights that will gradually increase in duration until the aircraft makes its first night flight using energy stored during the day. Original Article
(Photo: Solar Impulse)
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