Solar Impulse broke record by completing 2 world tours
]Solar Impulse 2’s world tour, started in Abu Dhabi on 9 March 2015. Solar Impulse, who recorded 43.000 kilometers during his journey of about 14 months, broke the world record in Abu Dhabi on 26 July 2016.
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Solar Impulse 1, a previous version of the body, was tested only to fly day and night using solar energy. Solar Impulse 2 moved with a goal to change the world of energy and aerospace and aimed to walk around the world with solar energy. Solar Impulse 2 was able to stay in the air not only day, because it can store solar energy.
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Solar Impulse pilots have experienced many interesting experiences during world tours. For example InJuly 2015, the team of the Great Ocean, who took five days and five nights at once], while staying in the air for five days during this flight, he struggled with challenges such as sleeping and warming. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the inventor and pilots of the Solar Impulse, performed the world tours under conditions such as cabin temperature ranging from +40 to night.
Source: Energy