Solar Impulse 2 gjøres klar for jorden rundt neste år

Swiss Pilots to Fly Solar Plane Around World


Solar Impulse 2, the solar aircraft the Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg designed to fly around the world. Credit Solar Impulse/Rezo.ch

Last year, two Swiss pilots became the first to fly across the United States in a featherweight plane using the power of the sun.

Now they are back with a more ambitious plan, to be announced on Thursday, to fly an even more advanced solar airplane around the world early next year, beginning and ending in oil-rich Abu Dhabi.