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Operated by pilot André Borscherg, Solar Impulse 2 travels at an average speed of 75 km/h and at a maximum altitude of 28,000 feet.
“This is Solar Impulse’s penultimate flight before reaching their long-awaited finish line. We are honoured to welcome Solar Impulse 2 to Egypt. It is not every day that history is being made, but we have welcomed the first solar powered plane and we look forward to welcome our tourist aboard solar powered planes in the near future,” said H E Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Mohamed Yehia Rashed.
The plane utilises 17,248 solar cells that render fuel consumption unnecessary, weighs 2.3 tons and has a wingspan of 72 meters.
Source: travelnewsdigest.in