indigo_wolf
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OT: Solar Impulse... The Movie
Off-Topic, but totally cool.
VIDEO
ATB,
Sam
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Well do they? :puzzled:
I need to know!!!
OK that is cool.
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Quote: Originally posted by rocfighter
You think I would bring you stale news? :sniff: :sniff: :sniff:
This is all happening NOW:
Swiss Team to Launch Solar Night Flight
Telemetry was installed on the plane today, 2010-Jul-6
Launch of the first night flight is scheduled for tomorrow, 2010-Jul-7 07:00 (GMT +2).
They'll be posting updates on Facebook and Twitter.... you can also sign up to have updats emailed to you.
Project website is
http://www.solarimpulse.com
I love this: "... specially designed plane with a 63.4-meter wingspan -- roughly the size of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet -- and a weight carefully slimmed
down to be about that of a family car"
Holy Weight Watchers !!! :o
ATB,
Sam
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indigo_wolf
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All solar generators shut down.
The Solar Impulse is flying on the night side now.
Have no idea why this fascinates me so much.... but it does.
ATB,
Sam
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EPIC!!
awesome stuff! Really cool plane... just got to make 'em cheap enough so they could fly the masses in them
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WIllardTheGrey
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I just read on the wii news that thay have done the full 24 hours
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indigo_wolf
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Yuppers.... touched down at 09:00 (GMT-2) .... woo hoo
Nowhere even close to running on fumes either ;-) they could have kept going.
ATB,
Sam
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