The aircraft 'Solar Impulse' lands at airport

The aircraft 'Solar Impulse', powered only by solar energy, has taken a step closer to his goal of going around the globe in 2013, arriving in Geneva today from the airfield of Payerne Switzerland, in its first landing at an international airport .So far, the unit had operated only in airports with no commercial traffic, especially in that of Payerne, near Geneva, where they happened most of their deeds, and where it took off this morning at 08.04 local time (04.06 gmt) in the Aircraft 'Solar Impulse'..
A total of 4 hours and 20 minutes took the plane to cover the journey of about 100 kilometers from both airports. At 1224 local time (10.24 gmt) in the Aircraft 'Solar Impulse'., the unit landed at Geneva airport runway in the middle of a huge expectation.
Fascination caused by the particular shape of the ship, with 63.4 meters between the ends of the wings, the same scale as that of a transatlantic Airbus, but weighing close to 1,600 kilos, just over half carin the Aircraft 'Solar Impulse'..

 Aircraft 'Solar Impulse' lands at airport

To take off from Payerne, the plane had enough speed to reach a bicycle, 35 to 40 kilometers per hour in the Aircraft 'Solar Impulse'., with the 'Solar Impulse' land left to prepare to deal with another stage in his journey to his goal of turning the planet.His first big success dates back to April 7, when he completed his first long-duration flight, specifically for an hour and a half, and only three months later able to fly for 26 hours straight in the Aircraft 'Solar Impulse'.
The next target of 12,000 solar cells that make up the plane will again Payerne, in a flight that will depart within hours.Tomorrow, Wednesday, the 'Solar Impulse' made another flight to a second international airport, the Zurich, which takes you across this country almost from end to end in just over a day in the Aircraft 'Solar Impulse'..