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"Solar Impulse" training to fly virtually today
Dübendorf, Switzerland - Test flights will start at the beginning of 2009
"The Virtual Flight 2008 starts today (May 12-16) at 4pm (CET) in the construction hall of the solar airplane on the airfield of Dübendorf near Zürich, Switzerland. For the first time, the two Solar Impulse pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, will each make a 25-hour flight, one after the other, at the controls of the new flight simulator. Their purpose will be to test a life-size mo...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency