On March 9th André Borschberg, a Swiss fighter pilot and engineer, took off from Abu Dhabi at the controls of this flimsy solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, on the first leg of a journey around the world. Despite its 72-metre wingspan, the plane has room for but a single pilot--a job Mr Borschberg will share with Bertrand Piccard, a psychiatrist and balloonist who helped start the Solar Impulse project a dozen years ago. Flying east, the two will take turns to complete the 12 legs of the ...
On March 9th André Borschberg, a Swiss fighter pilot and engineer, took off from Abu Dhabi at the controls of this flimsy solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, on the first leg of a journey around the world. Despite its 72-metre wingspan, the plane has room for but a single pilot--a job Mr Borschberg will share with Bertrand Piccard, a psychiatrist and balloonist who helped start the Solar Impulse project a dozen years ago. Flying east, the two will take turns to complete the 12 legs of the ...
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