Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
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8 Vol.3 No.7 / July 2014 FLIGHTLINE SOLAR IMPULSE 2, the solar-powered electric aircraft Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg intend to fl y around the world next year, made its fi rst successful fl ight on June 2 at the Payerne aerodrome in Switzerland. "This inaugural fl ight is an important stage—a step closer toward the round-the-world fl ight," Borschberg said. Profes- sional test pilot Markus Scherdel was at the controls for the maiden fl ight that lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. Highest altitude reached was 5,500 feet AGL, and the average ground speed was 30 knots. Several more fl ights will take place in the coming months to achieve aircraft certifi cation, followed by training fl ights for Piccard and Borschberg later in the season. Plans are to begin the solar-powered world fl ight in March 2015 from the Persian Gulf area with a route including fl ights over the Arabian Sea, India, Myanmar, China, the Pacifi c Ocean, the United States, the Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Europe or North Africa be- fore closing the loop by returning to the departure point. First Flight for Solar Impulse 2 POPULAR HIGH-DEFINITION video camera maker GoPro has announced the "Go Fly" $7,500 fl ight-training scholarship that will be awarded at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. GoPro encourages anyone 16 years of age and older to apply by submitting a video on why you want to "Go Fly." To apply, e-mail your video as an attached MOV or MP4 fi le to scholarships@EAA.org and indicate the name of the scholar- ship, "Go Fly," as the subject line. In- clude name, address, date of birth, and EAA member number (if applicable). But hurry; application deadline is July 15, 2014. The winner will also receive a GoPro Aviators camera package and a one-year EAA membership. EAA will award the scholarships in $2,500 increments to the winner and a fl ight school. GoPro Offers 'Go Fly' Scholarship for Flight Training WHILE YOU'RE WALKING the fl ightline at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year, be on the lookout for a unique Glasair SII kit plane built over the past three-and-a-half years by a team of Boeing engineers looking to learn about the challenges of build- ing airplanes. The "Opportunities for New Engineers – Build, Certify, and Fly" (ONE BCnF) project team is made up of about 30 to 40 Boeing volunteers, in conjunction with the Boeing Employees Flying Association, said Brad Walker, structural stress engineer at Boeing. Several EAA technical counselors and a previous Glasair builder who also works at Boeing provided assistance. "We're all pretty excited to be at this point," Walker said after the plane was rolled out in late May. If you can't locate the tail number, N110NE, in honor of Boeing's Opportunities for New Engineers organization that facilitated the project, the airplane's paint scheme should be a dead giveaway. Boeing Employee Glasair Project Nears Completion E A A E X P _ J u l y 1 4 . i n d d 8 EAAEXP_July14.indd 8 7 / 1 / 1 4 9 : 5 2 A M 7/1/14 9:52 AM