Solar Impulse completes first ever solar-powered intercontinental journey
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Solar Impulse comes in the land in Payerne (Photo: Solar Impulse - Laurent Kaeser)
Solar Impulse comes in the land in Payerne, marking the end of the first ever solar-powered intercontinental roundtrip journey (Photo: Solar Impulse - Laurent Kaeser)
Bertrand Piccard, Mustapha Bakkoury (President of Management Board of MASEN) and André Borschberg after landing in Payerne (Photo: Solar Impulse - Laurent Kaeser)
Alpine horns welcoming Solar Impulse back to Switzerland (Photo: Solar Impulse - Laurent Kaeser)
Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg after landing in Switzerland (Photo: Solar Impulse - Laurent Kaeser)
Article Summary
As anticipated, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA experimental solar-powered aircraft completed the first ever solar-powered intercontinental roundtrip journey between Europe and Africa today. The roughly 6,000 km (3,728 mile) trip commenced on May 24 and consisted of a total of eight legs averaging 800 km (497 miles) before reaching its conclusion with a landing back where it all began in Payerne, Switzerland at 8:30 pm on July 24, local time.
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