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Solar Impulse 2, the first zero-impact aircraft that will fly around the world in 5 months

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The first leg of Solar Impulse 2's round-the-world flight is the one that will take the aircraft from Abu Dhabi to Muscat after a 12-hour flight – The project aims to promote renewable energy.

Solar Impulse 2, the first zero-impact aircraft that will fly around the world in 5 months

The Great Adventure of Solar Impulse 2 it has begun. The aircraft, entirely powered by solar energy, is flying over the Arabian Peninsula and will reach the capital of Oman, Muscat, after a 12 hour flight. On board the zero environmental impact aircraft are the Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. The Solar Impulse 2 project aims to promote clean technologies such as solar energy

And actually the numbers of the project Solar Impulse 2 they could prove it. The aircraft will fly around the world in 5 months, completing a total of 35 thousand km and tapping all continents. The Solar Impulse 2 challenge started this morning at 4.12 Italian time from Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. The first leg is the one that will take the aircraft from Abu Dhabi to Muscat after a journey of approx 500 km. And this is just the appetizer of the Solar Impulse 2 adventure.
This tweet indicates the aerial route that Solar Impulse 2 will make to cover the distance between Abu Dhabi and Muscat.



The aircraft, with awingspan of 72 meters, superior to that of Boeing 747, will fly in the next stages in the skies of India, China, Burma, Hawaii, North America, Europe, North Africa to then return to Abu Dhabi. The most interesting journey will be the one that will see Solar Impulse 2 fly for five days and five nights to move from China to the Hawaiian Islands crossing the Pacific Ocean. This will be possible through a system that allows the aircraft to charge its batteries during the day and stay in the air at night by exploiting the energy accumulated by its solar cells.

On the Solar Impulse project website, which has been knocked out in the last few minutes probably because it was stormed by onlookers and journalists, it will be possible to monitor at any time the data relating to the journey of this aircraft made of carbon fiber and powered by 17.248 solar cells . Here's what you can see on their site.

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