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Solar-powered airplane test flight
Updated: 2011-04-18 22:02
(Agencies)
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Former Swiss astronaut and Solar Impulse's chief of test flight operation Claude Nicollier rides a vintage military bicycle next to the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype aircraft after a test flight at Payerne airport April 18, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg performs a low altitude go-round procedure with the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype aircraft during a test flight at Payerne airport April 18, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg steers the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype during a test flight at Payerne airport April 18, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg goes through procedures in the cockpit of the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype aircraft before a test flight at Payerne airport April 18, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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