Naked Science - Solar Powered Flight

Seizoen: 2011 - Aflevering: 1 / 142 - Eerst uitgezonden: 13 januari 2011 - Episode ID: 621075

Engineers wondered if a plane that operated solely on solar power could be built. Their efforts over a decade result in the Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the plane that triumphantly takes to the air. Making a 26-hour nonstop day-night-day flight climaxes the success of the Solar Impulse.