Solar Impulse 2, the plane fuelled by the sun's power, lands in Ahmedabad
The Swiss-built solar aircraft Solar Impulse 2 took off from Muscat in Oman earlier on Tuesday and landed in Ahmedabad. Here are the photos.
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Pilot Bertrand Piccard (L) and pilot Andre Boschberg are welcomed after landing Solar Impulse 2, the world’s first airplane flying on solar energy, in Ahmedabad on 10 March. The Swiss-built solar aircraft took off from Muscat in Oman earlier on Tuesday to begin the second leg of its epic journey. Reuters
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Solar Impulse 2, the world’s first airplane flying on solar energy, is pictured en route to Ahmedabad. The single-seat Solar Impulse 2 has 17,248 ultra-efficient solar cells that transfer solar energy to four electrical motors that power the plane’s propellers. Reuters
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Solar Impulse 2, the world’s first airplane flying on solar energy, lands in Ahmedabad. The plane’s ideal flight speed is about 25 knots, or 45 kph (28 mph), though that can double during the day when sun’s rays are strongest. Reuters
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Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard (L) and Andre Boschberg (R) pose after Piccard landed the “Solar Impulse 2”, a solar powered plane, at the airport in Ahmedabad. Reuters
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The dismantled Solar Impulse 2 aircraft is pictured before being loaded into a Cargolux Boeing 747 cargo aircraft at Payerne airport in this January 5, 2015. The aircraft, weighing 2.4 tons with a wingspan of 72 meters, is fitted with more than 17,000 solar cells. Reuters
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German test pilot Markus Scherdel steers the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft during its maiden flight at its base in Payerne in June 2014. Reuters
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The new experimental solar powered aircraft “Solar Impulse 2”, HB-SIB, with a wingspan of 72 metres, takes off during its first flight in Payerne, Switzerland June 2, 2014. Reuters
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Pilot and co-founder of Solar Impulse Bertrand Piccard (L) and co-pilot Andre Borschberg attend the official unveiling ceremony of the Solar Impulse II aircraft at their base in Payerne April 9, 2014. Reuters
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