Solar Impulse 2 completes penultimate leg of tour

The journey marks the second to last leg of the first Round-The-World Solar Flight, which aims to show how clean technologies can be used in aviation.

 

André Borschberg, his last flight as part of the Round-The-World Solar Flight, piloted the aircraft, and Bertrand Piccard will fly the last leg to Abu Dhabi.

 

“This was an emotional and meaningful leg for me, being able to enjoy once more the incredible sensation of flying day and night thanks only to the energy of the sun and enjoying fully the present moment,” said Borschberg.

 

“This landing in Cairo brings Solar Impulse back to the origin of my dream. Egypt is the country where I landed after my non-stop round the world balloon flight in 1999, and it’s precisely here that I had the idea of an airplane flying around the world on solar power,” said Piccard, initiator, chairman and pilot of Si2. 

 

The aircraft will remain in Cairo until the weather is right in order to continue on the last leg to Abu Dhabi.