SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT

On July 26, 2016, Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE, completing its epic journey to become the first sunpowered airplane to circle the globe without burning even a drop of fuel, to promote renewable energy. The plane touched down at 0535 IST at Al-Bateen Executive Airport, Abu Dhabi, after a more than 48 hour long flight fr om Cairo, the final leg in its journey which began on March 9 last year. Solar Impulse 2 took off from Cairo on the final leg early morning on July 24, having previously crossed Asia, North America, Europe and North Africa. Swiss explorer and Project Director Bertrand Piccard was in the cockpit during the 2,763-kilometre flight from Cairo, crossing the Red Sea, the vast Saudi desert and flying over the Gulf. The flight capped a remarkable 42,000-kilometre journey across four continents, two oceans and three seas. No heavier than a car, but with the wingspan of a Boeing 747, the four-engine,