Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan jumps from the SolarStratos solar powered aircraft prototype with Spanish test pilot Miguel A. Iturmendi aboard in a test flight and attempt to break two world records at the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland, Tuesday. Raphael Domjan lands after jumping with a parachute from the SolarStratos solar powered aircraft prototype with Spanish test pilot Miguel A. Iturmendi aboard. Previous NextA Swiss team working to take a solar-powered plane to the edge of space says it has performed the first jump and free fall from an electric aircraft. The SolarStratos team follows the pioneering work of Switzerland’s Solar Impulse mission, which completed the first circumnavigation of the globe with a solar-powered plane in 2016. The team’s goal is to eventually fly the single-propeller aircraft studded with 237 square feet of solar panels into the stratosphere.-AP

Source: The Standard August 25, 2020 14:18 UTC