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The Sun Sets Off The Wings By: Sara Peterson
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The Sun Sets Off The Wings. By: Sara Peterson. Wright Brothers 1903 Propelled by a Catapult. First Airplane. Boeing 747 750,000 pounds 392,000 pounds of fuel Toxins put into A tmosphere CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O, NO x , CO, SO 4 , and Others. Aviation Today. Go Green New Resources - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Sun Sets
Off The WingsBy:
Sara Peterson
First
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oWright Brotherso1903oPropelled by a Catapult
Aviation Today
oBoeing 747o 750,000 pounds• 392,000 pounds of fuel
oToxins put into Atmosphere• CO2, CH4, N2O, NOx, CO, SO4, and Others
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oGo GreenoNew Resources• Water• Air• Sun
Solar Power
o Placed on Ground or Roof-tops
oHEAVY!oSilicon Panels
NASA
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o Dryden Flight Research Centero Remote Long-distance
Solar Powered Planeso 1981- HALSOLo High-Altitude Solar Energy
NASA Solar Aircrafts
Made Wing Span High Altitude
Solar Challenger 1980 46.5 ft 14,300 ft
Pathfinder 1995 98.4 ft 71,530 ft
Pathfinder-Plus 1998 121 ft 80,201 ft
Centurion 1999 206 ft n/a
Helios 2001 267 ft 100,000 ft
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oNo emissionsoResearch PurposesoHawaii
Solar Impulse
oBertrand Piccard and André Borschberg
oNew Clean TechnologiesoBeginning of the 20th Century
HB-H
IBo208 ft Wing Spano4 Electric Engineso11,628 Solar PanelsoStabilization Augmentation SystemoCan Fly During the Night
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July 2012 oSwitzerland-Spain-Madrid-Morocco
o Pilot: Bertrand Piccard oRecords:• Longest Distance• Highest Flight Speed
oNews• New York Times
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