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Pilots To Circle Globe In Solar-Powered Plane
Tom Cheshire news.sky.com Unveiled in a hangar in Payerne, Switzerland, the aircraft will attempt to fly around the world using only solar energy. The plane's cells and batteries are so efficient that it can fly through day and night, meaning no fossil fuels are needed. "It could fly for weeks, even a year theoretically," its co-pilot and co-founder Andre Borschberg told Sky News at the official unveiling. The only limiting factor is the human pilot, who needs to do human things like eat, sleep (in 20 minute bursts) and "take care of other duties". Luckily the cockpit seat has a built-in toilet. The two pilots - Mr Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard - will take turns flying the plane over short legs. The longest leg will be over the Pacific, from Asia to North America, and take five days. The project started in 1999, when Mr Piccard completed the first non-stop circumnavigation of the earth in a balloon. He landed with only a few hours' fuel to spare, and vowed never again to travel such a distance with fossil fuels. In 2003, he started the solar plane project and by 2009, the first prototype was flying. to read more: news.sky.com
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