Ultra-Light Solar Impulse Plane Set to Take Flight Across America
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Solar Impulse – an ultra-lightweight, solar-powered plane capable of flying day and night – is set to take flight across America with the help of diverse material innovations and technologies from Bayer MaterialScience.
The plane will start its cross-country flight in San Francisco, stopping off in Phoenix and Dallas before landing in Washington, D.C., and then onto its final destination, New York City. It will be a key breakthrough for the Solar Impulse project, which ultimately aims to be the first manned aircraft to circumnavigate the globe completely without fuel in 2015.