Solar Impulse 2

After covering some 8,200 kilometres over the course of 120 hours, pilot co-founder Andre Borschberg (R) and his colleague Bertrand Piccard (L) celebrate the landing of the Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 3 July 2015. Photo: Bruce Omori/EPA
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16 July 2015
Record-breaking Solar Impulse 2 grounded for ‘several months’
The two Solar Impulse 2 pilots are spreading the word on clean energy, as seen here with Myanmar President U Thein Sein at Mandalay International Airport on March 20, 2015. Photo: Solar Impulse
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21 March 2015
Solar pilots spread the ‘clean energy’ message
‘Clean energy evangelists” Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg are hosting events and...
President U Thein Sein (C) with pilots Andre Borschberg (L) and Bertrand Piccard (R) at Mandalay International Airport on March 20, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima 
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20 March 2015
President meets solar aircraft pilots
President U Thein Sein met the pilots of the Solar Impulse on the morning March 20 after...
Solar Impulse 2 lands in Mandalay on March 19, 2015. Photo: Solar Impulse
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19 March 2015
Solar Impulse flight lands in Mandalay
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft landed in Mandalay at around 8 pm March 19 after leaving...
Solar Impulse 2, HB-SIB, taking off with Swiss explorer Andre Borshberg on board for the third leg Ahmedabad to Varanasi, of the Round-The-World adventure, in Ahmedabad, India, March 18, 2015. Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg are attempting to circumnavigate the world flying with an aircraft, with a 72 metres wingspan, powered only by solar energy without a drop of fuel. Photo: EPA
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19 March 2015
Solar flight takes off on route to Mandalay
Solar Impulse 2 took off in the early hours of March 19 from Varanasi, India on route for...
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft on a test flight. Photo: Solar Impulse Project
Features
12 March 2015
Myanmar’s solar opportunity
Mission impossible. That is what the Swiss inventors and pilots Betrand Piccard and Andre...
The Solar Impulse 2 plane takes off for a trip around the world from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 9, 2015. The trip will take the Solar Impulse 2 to Oman, India, Myanmar and China. The plane will then cross the Pacific to Hawaii and on to the US mainland. Following a flight across the Atlanic and over the Mediterranean region, the pilots are planning to return to the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Ali Haider/EPA 
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09 March 2015
Solar round-the-world flight takes off heading...
The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using solar energy took off on the...

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