RRJ#3 (Manned Solar-Powered Aircraft Makes Successful Maiden Flight)

Summary:

The scientists of major materials companies found a way to make a solar-powered aircraft fly. This aircraft can fly up to 4,000 ft.; also it's powered by 12,000 solar cells. The inventors show to the world after seven years of working how to use the sun as a natural source to fly a real aircraft. This success of this first flight gives the scientists a hope to improve this invention. The program founder Bertrand Piccard said, “ Our future depends on our ability to convert rapidly to the use of renewable energies”. The solar impulse has the wingspan of a jumbo jet to hold the solar cells. However, this aircraft has a little problem which is the flying at night.

Reaction:

Finally the world got to use of the solar energy, which we always have. Not only is it free, but we have it every single day, so we don’t worry about economizing the energy that we are get from the sun. It is an aircraft but it is not like the other aircrafts because it flies with solar energy. They use the solar cells as fuel. What an amazing invention that they found, so in the next few years we will be able to fly around the world by an aircraft which is powered by solar cells. All the ticket prices of the flying will be less than today’s prices. Also the other scientists will find the way to running the engines of the cars, big trucks and ships by solar energy. I am really excited to try a flight on this aircraft.

Reference:

Smock, S. (2010, April 08). Manned Solar-Powered Aircraft Makes Successful Maiden Flight. Design News, Retrieved April 18, 2010, from http://www.designnews.com/article/455872-Manned_Solar_Powered_Aircraft_Makes_Successful_Maiden_Flight.php?intref=hottopic&sponsor=Solar+Energy