Breathtaking! First Crossing of the Alps by a Solar Plane : TreeHugger »
Posted By pagey 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyA Big First for a Solar Aircraft!
We recently wrote about the Sunseeker II solar plane (see that post for more details). Well, they did it! "99 years after the first crossing of the Alps in an airplane by Geo Chávez flying a Blériot XI, Eric Raymond completed the first crossing of the Alps made by a solar airplane! 'The most scenic flight of my life,' as he put it, also had its intense moments. After the flight, he recounted the adventure."
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