Solar Impulse plane leaves Myanmar for China
- 8 hours ago
- Science & Environment
Solar Impulse, the fuel-free aeroplane, is up in the air again on the fifth leg of its round-the-world flight.
The vehicle, with Bertrand Piccard at the controls, left Mandalay in Myanmar (Burma) just after 21:00 GMT on Sunday, and is heading for Chongqing in China.
The intention is to make a brief stop there, and then try to reach Nanjing on the east coast of the country.
This would set up Solar Impulse for the first of its big ocean crossings - a five-day, five-night flight to Hawaii.
Mission control will not make a decision on the Nanjing leg until late on Monday.
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