瑞士制造的太阳能飞机——“阳光动力”经过历史性的长达26小时空中昼夜不间断飞行后于7月8日上午9时成功降落在瑞士帕耶那军用机场。这是世界上首次利用太阳能动力而进行的昼夜试飞。
早前，飞行组组长Bertrand Piccard告诉记者”这是史上太阳能飞机第一次进行昼夜飞行”。“阳光动力”于当地时间7日清晨6点51分(北京时间中午12点51分)，在佩耶恩机场起飞，由飞行员Andre Borschber单独驾驶。
“阳光动力”展开了只依靠太阳能进行人力飞行的大胆尝试，成功完成了一天一夜不间断的连续飞行试验。
An experimental solar powered aircraft landed in Switzerland on Thursday at 9.01 am (0701 GMT), after completing a historic flight lasting some 26 hours.AFP reporters watched the experimental Solar Impulse aircraft with pilot Andre Borschber onboard make a seamless landing at Payerne airbase in western Switzerland about three hours after daybreak.'It's the first time ever that a solar airplane has flown through the night,' said team chief Bertrand Piccard earlier.The high-tech single-seater aircraft took off from Payerne in the early hours (0451 GMT) of Wednesday.Solar Impulse was attempting the first such manned flight on purely solar energy, defying the hours of darkness to keep aloft for a day and a night.
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