Thursday, July 28, 2016

The First Solar-Powered Flight Around the World

Bertrand Piccard landed in Abu Dhabi on July 25th at 8:05 p.m. EDT (Easter Daylight Savings Time) after completing a two-day solo flight in the airplane, Solar Impulse 2 (SI2), an aircraft powered 100 percent by solar power. The journey marked the end of the first circumnavigation of the Earth in a solar-powered airplane.
The plane

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