The Solar Impulse is an adrenaline driven project to circumnavigate the globe in a wide-winged aircraft, powered only by the sun.
In a world depending on fossil energies, the Solar Impulse project is a paradox, almost a provocation: it aims to have an airplane take off and fly autonomously, day and night, propelled uniquely by solar energy, right round the world without fuel or pollution. An unachievable goal without pushing back the current technological limits in all fields…
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