Solar Impulse continues on its journey around the world

#SolarImpulse2 #AndreBorschberg #BertrandPiccard Harnessing solar power as an alternate source of energy is one of the major projects on the agenda of the world and a solar powered aircraft that will go around the world depending only on solar power is another example.
The unique solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 now taken off from China and has started the next leg of its journey – the six-day voyage over the Pacific. This has been branded as the most ambitious leg of the challenge to circumnavigate the globe without a drop of conventional fuel.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 31 May 2015.

This leg of the journey is piloted by Swiss pilot 62-year-old Andre Borschberg and his 5,079-mile (8,173-km) journey from Nanjing to Hawaii would be the longest and most dangerous of 12 flights powered only by the Sun. There is no support with the plane and, in case of failure of any system, it would lead to abandonment of the aircraft and a parachute descent with a life raft into the ocean.
Andre Borschberg and fellow Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard are flying the single-seater plane by rotation during a five-month journey. Their aim is to promote use of renewable energy.
They had taken off from Abu Dhabi in March and had halted in Oman, India, Burma and China and, after Hawaii, they would proceed to Phoenix in Arizona.
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