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HB-SIA: manned solar powered aircraft

flying day and night (and day and night and...) on solar power
Developed by Solarimpulse Switzerland
Call sign HB-SIA HB-SIB
Span 63.4 m 72.3 m
crew 1 1
Engines 4 4
Design altitude FL280 FL280
First flight 2010 2014
Round the World flight from Abu Dhabi to Abu Dhabi 9 March 2015...26 July 2016
distance flown 43000km

Skytec's contributions: controls & dynamics, aerodynamics, performance (prediction and flight test evaluation)

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