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[Translation from English to Japanese ] The first round-the-world solar-powered flight took off today A small piece ...
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The first round-the-world solar-powered flight took off today
A small piece of history is being attempted today, with André Borschberg taking off in his Solar Impulse aircraft to try to make it all the way around the world powered entirely by solar energy. It’s been six years since the first manned solar plane was unveiled, with the first flight taking place a year later. However, the Solar Impulse’s journey has been fraught with delays–we reported back in 2010 that the round-the-world attempt was originally scheduled to take place by 2012. The aircraft has managed to garner headlines for smaller-scale jaunts, however, including a San Francisco-to-New York trip back in 2013 that took two months and several stopovers to complete. Today’s flight took off from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), a little after 7 a.m. local time (7 p.m. PDT), and will head eastward through India, China, the U.S., Europe, and Africa before landing back in the UAE in August. Yes, commercial airlines can relax for now–the single-seater aircraft will take around five months to complete the circumnavigation, with a multitude of stopovers for rest and maintenance planned. This time will also be spent campaigning on behalf of clean technologies. Borschberg won’t undertake the full journey, however, as some stages will be piloted by record-breaking hot air ballooner Bertrand Piccard–someone with a big family tradition of record-setting feats. In 1960, Piccard’s father, Jacques, was one of the first people to reach the deepest place in the ocean, while in 1931 his grandfather, Auguste, was the first to reach the stratosphere in a balloon. The Solar Impulse team had to build a bigger version of the original Solar Impulse prototype, given that it will be required to be in the air for longer periods of time and thus will need to store more energy from the sun. The aircraft sports a 72-meter wingspan–which is actually wider than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, as the BBC points out–and it’s these wings that house the 17,000 solar cells that will be used to power the lithium-ion batteries for nighttime flying.
A small piece of history is being attempted today, with André Borschberg taking off in his Solar Impulse aircraft to try to make it all the way around the world powered entirely by solar energy. It’s been six years since the first manned solar plane was unveiled, with the first flight taking place a year later. However, the Solar Impulse’s journey has been fraught with delays–we reported back in 2010 that the round-the-world attempt was originally scheduled to take place by 2012. The aircraft has managed to garner headlines for smaller-scale jaunts, however, including a San Francisco-to-New York trip back in 2013 that took two months and several stopovers to complete. Today’s flight took off from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), a little after 7 a.m. local time (7 p.m. PDT), and will head eastward through India, China, the U.S., Europe, and Africa before landing back in the UAE in August. Yes, commercial airlines can relax for now–the single-seater aircraft will take around five months to complete the circumnavigation, with a multitude of stopovers for rest and maintenance planned. This time will also be spent campaigning on behalf of clean technologies. Borschberg won’t undertake the full journey, however, as some stages will be piloted by record-breaking hot air ballooner Bertrand Piccard–someone with a big family tradition of record-setting feats. In 1960, Piccard’s father, Jacques, was one of the first people to reach the deepest place in the ocean, while in 1931 his grandfather, Auguste, was the first to reach the stratosphere in a balloon. The Solar Impulse team had to build a bigger version of the original Solar Impulse prototype, given that it will be required to be in the air for longer periods of time and thus will need to store more energy from the sun. The aircraft sports a 72-meter wingspan–which is actually wider than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, as the BBC points out–and it’s these wings that house the 17,000 solar cells that will be used to power the lithium-ion batteries for nighttime flying.
初の世界一周に向け、ソーラープレーンが本日飛び立った
太陽エネルギーだけで世界一周に挑戦しようと、本日Solar Impulseのソーラープレーンで飛び立ったAndré Borschberg氏によって、歴史に新たなページが刻まれようとしている。
太陽エネルギーだけで世界一周に挑戦しようと、本日Solar Impulseのソーラープレーンで飛び立ったAndré Borschberg氏によって、歴史に新たなページが刻まれようとしている。
初の有人ソーラープレーンが発表されてから6年が経ち、翌年に初飛行が行われた。しかし、Solar Impulseの挑戦は、多くの遅延に見舞われ、2010年の我々の取材では、世界一周の計画は本来2012年に行われることになっていた。しかし、幾つかストップオーバーしながらサンフランシスコ・ニューヨーク間の横断達成に2ヵ月かかった2013年のフライトを含め、ソーラープレーンは小規模なフライトで何とか話題を集めてきた。
今日のフライトは、アラブ首長国連邦（UAE）のアブダビを現地時間の午前7時（太平洋夏時間午後7時）過ぎに飛び立ち、東に向かってインド、中国、米国、ヨーロッパそしてアフリカを通過しながらアラブ首長国連邦には8月に戻ってくる予定だ。この一人乗りのソーラープレーンは世界一周に5ヵ月かかり、また休息やメンテナンスが計画されているので多くのストップオーバーが必要なため、民間航空会社は今のところ焦る必要はなさそうだ。ストップオーバーの期間は、クリーンテクノロジーのキャンペーンにも利用される予定だ。
しかし、Borschberg氏は全行程は操縦せず、熱気球の世界記録保持者、Bertrand Piccard氏が幾つかの行程を操縦することになっている。彼は記録的な偉業を達成した有名な一族の出身だ。Piccard氏の父のJacques氏は、1960年に海の一番深い所に最初に到達した人の一人で、さらに祖父のAuguste氏は、1931年に気球で初めて成層圏に到達している。
長時間飛行が求められることで、太陽エネルギーをさらに蓄える必要があるため、Solar Impulseチームは、最初のSolar Impulseプロトタイプ機よりも大型のものを作る必要があった。BBCによると、ソーラープレーンの翼長は優に72mあり、Boeing 747のジャンボ機より実際に幅がある。そしてこの翼には、夜間飛行用にリチウムイオンバッテリーを充電するための太陽電池が1万7000個取り付けられている。
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