CAIRO: The world's largest solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2 has left the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on last leg of its round-the-world tour, BBC reported Sunday. According to officials, aircraft should take about 48 hours reach Abu Dhabi - place it began circumnavigation in March 2015. "We thought was going be an easy flight because it's always good weather between Egypt and across Saudi. But actually, extremely difficult find a strategy," Piccard told News before off late Saturday night. added that warmer, thinner air above Saudi desert also means Impulse's motors will have work harder propel vehicle forward. This require careful management energy reserves plane's lithium polymer batteries, sure they can sustain through night hours, quoted pilot as saying. covered some 30,000 km quest become first plane circle world using no fuel, just from Sun. Cairo-Abu marks 17th final segment journey, which included crossings Pacific Atlantic oceans. alternated duties with his friend business partner Andre Borschberg.Zero-fuel plane begins final flight- Solar Impulse
CAIRO: The world's largest solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2 has left the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on last leg of its round-the-world tour, BBC reported Sunday. According to officials, aircraft should take about 48 hours reach Abu Dhabi - place it began circumnavigation in March 2015. "We thought was going be an easy flight because it's always good weather between Egypt and across Saudi. But actually, extremely difficult find a strategy," Piccard told News before off late Saturday night. added that warmer, thinner air above Saudi desert also means Impulse's motors will have work harder propel vehicle forward. This require careful management energy reserves plane's lithium polymer batteries, sure they can sustain through night hours, quoted pilot as saying. covered some 30,000 km quest become first plane circle world using no fuel, just from Sun. Cairo-Abu marks 17th final segment journey, which included crossings Pacific Atlantic oceans. alternated duties with his friend business partner Andre Borschberg.
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