Solar-powered plane completes 1,700km flight in Russia(1/4)

Pictured in this image is the Letayushchaya Laboratoriya, an experimental light aircraft equipped with Russian-made solar batteries, on Tabasco Airfield near Yevpatoria, Crimea. Traveller Fyodor Konyukhov and the head of the Federation of Gliding Sport of Russia, Sergei Ryabchinsky, have arrived on the aircraft to Crimea from Moscow Region completing a 1700km flight, which included a night stopover. The aircraft has a wing span of 25m and weighs 900kg.(Photo/Sipaphoto)

People look at the Letayushchaya Laboratoriya, an experimental light aircraft equipped with Russian-made solar batteries, on Tabasco Airfield near Yevpatoria, Crimea. Traveller Fyodor Konyukhov and the head of the Federation of Gliding Sport of Russia, Sergei Ryabchinsky, have arrived on the aircraft to Crimea from Moscow Region completing a 1700km flight, which included a night stopover.The aircraft has a wing span of 25m and weighs 900kg.(Photo/Sipaphoto)

Traveller Fyodor Konyukhov (front) and the head of the Federation of Gliding Sport of Russia, Sergei Ryabchinsky are pictured in the cockpit of the Letayushchaya Laboratoriya, an experimental light aircraft equipped with Russian-made solar batteries, on Tabasco Airfield near Yevpatoria, Crimea. Konyukhov and Ryabchinsky have arrived on the aircraft to Crimea from Moscow Region completing a 1700km flight, which included a night stopover. The aircraft has a wing span of 25m and weighs 900kg.(Photo/Sipaphoto)

Pictured in this image is the Letayushchaya Laboratoriya, an experimental light aircraft equipped with Russian-made solar batteries, on Tabasco Airfield near Yevpatoria, Crimea. Traveller Fyodor Konyukhov and the head of the Federation of Gliding Sport of Russia, Sergei Ryabchinsky, have arrived on the aircraft to Crimea from Moscow Region completing a 1700km flight, which included a night stopover. The aircraft has a wing span of 25m and weighs 900kg.(Photo/Sipaphoto)