Pictures ... the world's first jump from a solar powered plane
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Swiss organizers said that a paratrooper made the world's first jump from a solar-powered plane, today, Tuesday, after the plane flew 1520 meters above western Switzerland.
The two-seat experimental plane made the test flight in good weather to promote renewable energy.
Paratrooper Raphael 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. This is something that changes the future of this sport for paratroopers," said Domjan, a Solarstratos Project fan and co-pilot.
“This is the first time that 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 atmosphere, at a height of 20 thousand meters.