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i.Borneo - Selepas
kelewatan 9 bulan yang tidak dijangka, pesawat Pulse 2 Suria akhirnya
menyelesaikan siri ke-9 mengelilingi DUNIA.
Pesawat
bebas bahan api itu mendarat di Moffett Airfield, California, sejurus sebelum
tengah malam waktu tempatan berikutan perjalanan hari dan setengah dua
merentasi Lautan Pasifik.
Dipandu
seli oleh pengembara Swiss Bertrand Piccard dan André Borschberg, pesawat
pepatung berbentuk gergasi telah dalam misi untuk terbang di seluruh DUNIA tanpa
setitik minyak sejak 2015.
Lebih
daripada 17,000 sel solar mengumpul tenaga dari matahari di siang hari, memberi
pesawat cukup tenaga solar untuk kekal berkuasa sepanjang malam.
Solar-powered
plane soars over
Golden Gate Bridge in fuel-free Pacific crossing (PHOTOS,
VIDEO) . . .
After
an unexpected nine-month delay, the Solar Pulse 2 aircraft has finally
completed the ninth leg of its world tour.
The
fuel-free plane touched down at Moffett Airfield, California, just before
midnight local time following a two-and-half day journey across the Pacific
Ocean.
Piloted
alternately by Swiss adventurers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the
giant dragonfly-shaped aircraft has been on a mission to fly around the world
without a single drop of fuel since 2015.
More
than 17,000 solar cells collect energy from the sun during the day, giving the
plane enough solar energy to stay powered through the night.
Solar Impulse 2 pelan penerbangan - pencapaian yang luar
biasa setakat ini (Solar Impulse 2
flight plan - incredible achievement so far).
Projek solar
- dengan lebar sayap yang lebih besar daripada pesawat penumpang - telah
terkumpul lebih daripada 20,000 km dalam perjalanan ini. Dengan kelajuan 80km/j,
duduk tunggal terbang pada kadar yang berbanding siput dengan pesawat
komersial.
Tetapi
Solar pasukan Pulse 2 mengatakan perjalanan memberi tumpuan sepenuhnya ke atas
teknologi bersih, menunjukkan bahawa kuasa solar boleh "meningkatkan
kualiti hidup kita."
The
solar-powered project – with a wingspan greater than a passenger jet – has
accumulated more than 20,000km on this trip. With a top speed of 80km/h, the
single seater flies at a snail’s pace in comparison to commercial airliners.
persinggahan
Hawaiian
Setakat
ini pesawat telah selesai lawatan ke 10 bandar di seluruh DUNIA, termasuk
melencong ke hab perkapalan Jepun Nagoya kerana cuaca buruk.
Pada
bulan Julai 2015, pasukan menamatkan penerbangan memecah rekod dari Jepun ke
Hawaii. Rekod itu menyaksikan André Borschberg juruterbang solo pesawat selama
lebih daripada 117 jam.
"Saya
rasa riang dengan perjalanan yang luar biasa ini. Saya telah meningkat
ketinggian bersamaan Gunung Everest 5 kali tanpa banyak rehat, "kata
Borschberg pada masa itu.
Hawaiian
stopover
So far
the aircraft has completed trips to 10 cities across the globe, including a
detour to the Japanese shipping hub of Nagoya due to bad weather.
In July
2015, the team completed a record-breaking flight from Japan to Hawaii. The
record saw André Borschberg pilot the plane solo for more than 117 hours.
“I feel exhilarated by this extraordinary
journey. I have climbed the equivalent altitude of Mount Everest five times
without much rest,” Borschberg
said at the time.
Terbang sejak 31 jam di atas Lautan #Pacific, keajaiban #
teknologi bersih sedang berlaku! (Flying since 31 hour above the #Pacific Ocean,
the magic of #cleantech is
taking place)! http://solarimpulse.com
Penerbangan
8924-km datang pada beberapa kos, namun. Anak-anak kapal kemudian mendapati
bahawa bateri pesawat telah menjadi terlampau panas dan perlu diganti.
Pesawat
itu akan tinggal dibumikan di Pulau Oahu lebih daripada 9 bulan, sehingga kaki
ke-9 perjalanannya bermula Jumaat lepas.
Piccard
berpandu pesawat seluruh kawasan San Francisco Bay selama 2 jam sebelum beliau
berjaya mendarat, mergaya untuk
beberapa gambar yang luar biasa.
Hentian
seterusnya untuk pesawat tenaga hijau masih belum ditentukan, walaupun
perancangan penerbangannya mencadangkan penerbangan 30 jam ke bandar di suatu
tempat di tengah-tengah Amerika Syarikat.
The 8,924-km flight came at some cost, however. The crew later found out that the aircraft’s batteries had overheated and needed to be replaced.
The
plane would stay grounded on the island of Oahu for more than nine months,
until the ninth leg of its journey began last Friday.
Piccard
guided the plane over the San Francisco Bay area for two hours before his
triumphant landing, posing for some incredible snapshots.
The
next stop for the green energy aircraft has yet to be determined, although its
flight plan suggests a 30-hour flight to a city somewhere in the heart of the
US.