Solar Aircraft Flies Around the Matterhorn
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The SolarStratos solar-powered aircraft continued its preparatory flights on Friday for its 10,000-meter altitude record attempt. Taking off from Sion and with Raphaël Domjan at the controls, HB-SXA climbed to over 4,000 meters.
SolarStratos, a prototype of a solar plane piloted by a traveler, Rafael Domjan, flies past Mount Matterhorn. During a reconnaissance and test flight near the Alpine village, the team tries to reach 10,000 metres (this will be a world precedent) before reaching its primary goal, the stratosphere.
·Moscow, Russian Federation
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On Friday, solar pioneer Raphaël Domjan continued preparations for a record altitude test at 10,000 metres with the solar aircraft.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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