Pictures ... the implementation of the world's first jump from a solar powered plane in Switzerland

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Swiss organizers said a paratrooper made the world's first jump from a solar-powered plane on Tuesday after the plane flew 1,520 meters over western Switzerland.

According to the agency "Reuters", the two-seater experimental plane made the test flight in good weather to promote renewable energy. 

Paratrooper Rafael Domjan reached a speed of 150 kilometers per hour during his jump and landed close to the project base in Bayern.

“There are many first things today, but the most important one is that this is the first time ever that someone has jumped from an electrically powered plane,” said Domjan, a Solarstratos fan and co-pilot. This is something that changes the future of the sport for paratroopers. ” 

“This is the first time we have jumped from a solar powered plane. I climbed with the energy coming from the plane's solar cells.

The team aims to make a high-altitude flight with a solar powered plane only in 2022, seeking to reach the stratosphere, from the upper Earth's layers, at an altitude of 20 thousand meters.