André Borschberg is currently in his home country Switzerland,
where he traveled last week to be evaluated and treated
for migraine symptoms and a minor skin condition. André
will return to the Solar Impulse team later this week to
begin the final preparations for the next leg to Hawaii
(USA).
SI’s pioneering spirit shared and supported by its
Partner companies and organizations have demonstrated
that it is now possible to achieve incredible things
with clean technologies: New industrial processes such
as insulating houses, electric mobility, household
appliances and many more products and applications which
can improve living standards. The time spent in
Nanjing will be an important occasion for
Solar Impulse’s Partners, allowing them the opportunity
to showcase to customers, clients and employees in China their contribution to the
Solar Impulse mission.
In
the coming months, Piccard and Borschberg will continue
their expedition around the globe promoting a cleaner
future (FutureIsClean.org). Given the low speed of the
ultra-light aircraft, the round-the-world mission will
demand over 500 flight hours—or nearly three weeks in
the air, spread over five months, covering the roughly
22,000 mile (35,000 km) journey. Si2 is the largest
aircraft ever built with such a low weight, equivalent
to that of a small car.
After crossing the Pacific Ocean, Solar Impulse will
stop in the United States, and then either North Africa
or Southern Europe, before returning to Abu Dhabi to
complete the first ever round-the-world solar flight.
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