(vIndianz, April 9 2010): The Solar Impulse aircraft, fuelled by just the sun, made succesful test flight over the Siss countryside before landing on the Payerne military air strip on April 7.
A pioneering bid to fly around the world on solar energy, Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard hopes to do the hitherto un-attempted with his aircraft that has as fuel energy generated by 12000 solar cells in high performance batteries. Click on the images to see how German test pilot Markus Scherdel steers the solar-powered Solar Impulse HB-SIA prototype airplane during his first flight over Payerne.
(Images courtesy: Getty & Reuters)
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