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Solar Impulse flight: Across the US, powered by the sun

The experimental airplane Solar Impulse completed its first flight across the United States this week. The Swiss-made plane, powered only by the sun, is the first to make the trip both day and night without using conventional fuel. It started the journey on May 3 in California and ended on July 6 in New York. Pilots and creators Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg took turns manning the single-seat flyer, which is powered by about 12,000 silicon solar cells and has a wingspan of a jumbo jet. The next step is a trip around the world in 2015.- Leanne Burden Seidel (24 photos total)

Workers load a wing of the Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse into a Cargolux Boeing 747 cargo aircraft on February 20 at Payerne airport in Geneva. The Boeing will carry the Solar Impulse HB-SIA prototype aircraft to San Francisco for a series of flights across the US from the West to East Coast. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

How to Paint Airbus A380 Planes

Painting aircraft - matter that requires special attention and effort, so when it comes to painting the A380, the surface area in excess of three thousand square meters, the task goes into the category :

1.  Painting the A380 is in Hamburg, where it is divided into two stages: first, in a special hangar paint keel.  By the way, this is well before you begin final assembly of the aircraft, so that the customer can see at what stage is the production of his ship.



2.  Dimensions are keel 12H14, 6 meters, and in its painting can take up to 3-4 days.