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The Wings of the Sun (2010) [N/A]

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Featuring:
Bertrand Piccard, André Borschberg, Veronique Vandeven

Directed by:
Henri de Gerlache

Release Date:
January 1, 2010

Original Title:
Les ailes du soleil

Alternate Titles:
Las alas del sol

Genres:
Documentary

Ratings / Certifications:
N/A

Runtime: 53

Overview from TheMovieDB

For nearly ten years, faced with the enormous energy challenges of our world, two men met about a crazy dream: to fly by use of the sun's energy, and demonstrate that progress can be achieved by using clean energy and solar power. They are called Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. The two of them dreamed of this plane, the flying symbol of human knowledge at the service of renewable energy. On July 7, 2010, the plane leaves the hangar at last to deploy its wings in the sun and attempt a challenge that nobody thought possible in aviation: flying day and night for 26 hours without stopping, using only solar power.

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Solar Impulse, the Swiss solar-powered airplane is the size of an Airbus A380 and the weight of a car, with wings, 64 meters wide, covered with a 'skin' of solar cells. It can carry a pilot and aims to do a non-stop day-night-day ...

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Director:
Henri de Gerlache

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