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"Solar Impulse": the solar aircraft has been handed over to the test team last Monday
Lausanne, Switzerland - They will take place between November 2 and December 20, 2009, depend on weather conditions
"After spending the summer on the finishing and fine-tuning of their airplane, Bertrand Piccard, André Borschberg and their team will be rolling out the prototype Solar Impulse HB-SIA from its construction hall for the first time and beginning ground testing, followed by the first controllability tests a few metres above the runway at Dübendorf airfield (ZH). On Monday October 19, the engineering t...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency