Captain Piccard's Solar Impulse takes flight

Courtesy Engadget  Fri, 12/04/2009 - 04:41

They said it couldn't be done.

They laughed and questioned what would happen when the sun sets, but the man whose passport reads Piccard, Bertrand, and whose bold will and bald helm match a similarly named Capitaine , has now overseen the first solar-powered flight on the Solar Impulse HB-SIA.

Okay, so it was 1,150 feet flown at a meter above the ground, but that's just classic Swiss caution for you, no reason not to...


 

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