Solar Impulse - Virtual Flight

"It felt as if I was already flying the real airplane" - Solar Impulse Virtual Flight 2008
"At first I thought I would be simulating a flight - but afterwards it felt as if I was already flying the real airplane" - Solar Impulse hangar, Dübendorf, Switzerland: This is the location where work is normally carried out on the construction of the solar airplane prototype. However this week, practice flights of a special kind have been taking place from this site. As part of the Solar Impulse Virtual Flight 2008, an original replica of the prototype cockpit has been used for the very first time. On dawn of May 15th, Bertrand Piccard kicked off the four-day series of tests and took over the controls of the flight simulator, piloting a flight lasting 25 hours under "real conditions" until the next morning. After nearly one thousand kilometres, Piccard "safely landed" the solar airplane at precisely 8:43 am on the virtual landing strip. The second 25-hour test started on the morning of May 16th with André Borschberg at the controls landing at 7:18 am.

The Solar Impulse Insight video clip "Virtual Flight 2008" lets you take a look over the shoulders of the pilots on their first virtual flight.

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