Solar Impulse 2 continues on its round-the-world journey


Phoenix – The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2 continued with the US part of its round-the-world adventure. The airplane took off on Thursday from Phoenix, Arizona. Destination: Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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von swisscleantech
12.05.2016

Pilot Bertrand Piccard took off on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Swiss time. Piccard is the founder of the Solar Impulse project and honorary president of the business association swisscleantech. According to a press release, the flight to Tulsa will take 18 hours and can be watched live on the Solar Impulse website.

This is the 11th leg of the round-the-world solar adventure. Two more stops are expected in the US after Tulsa, including one in New York. After crossing the Atlantic, the world’s first-ever circumnavigation in a solar-powered airplane will complete its journey back where it all began in Abu Dhabi.

The flight is meant to demonstrate what modern technologies based on renewable energy are capable of accomplishing. “Solar Impulse showcases that today exploration is no longer about conquering new territories, because even the moon has already been conquered, but about exploring new ways to have a better quality of life on earth,” commented Piccard.