Solar Impulse II has landed in the Spain’s Seville Airport after an often turbulent flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Solar Impulse II has landed in the Spain’s Seville Airport after an often turbulent flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
The experimental solar-powered plane was welcomed by the Spanish Air Force’s aerobatic team with an impressive display.
The aerobatic team of the #Spanish air force paints it's flag in the sky for #solarimpulse this morning. Llegamos! pic.twitter.com/Ey9uSEdAad
— SOLAR IMPULSE (@solarimpulse) June 23, 2016
Solar Impulse took off from New York’s JFK Airport on Monday is being piloted by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard.
The team is flying the aircraft to promote clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi where the journey began in March last year.
Final approach LIVE on https://t.co/JIj9tHK6hl #futureisclean pic.twitter.com/81fDLa2HFB
— SOLAR IMPULSE (@solarimpulse) June 23, 2016
Founder Andre Borschberg and fellow pilot Bertand Piccard are at the controls for each segment of what they hope will be the first round the world flight powered by the sun.
The plane typically travels about 50 kilometres an hour, although its flight speed can double when exposed to full sunlight.
Soleil radieux pour Solar Impulse 2 survolant l'Atlantique au premier jour de l'été https://t.co/xgxpZyKN6d #AFP pic.twitter.com/9Q4578mX00
— AFP USA (@AFPusa) June 21, 2016
Solar Impulse désormais face à l'Atlantique https://t.co/yqUHFkSkxH #AFP pic.twitter.com/qjlFSKThaQ
— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) June 11, 2016
LIVE on #Periscope: .
bertrandpiccard</a> soon to land in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Seville?src=hash">#Seville</a> to complete the 1st <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Atlantic?src=hash">#Atlantic</a> solar flight <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/futureis?src=hash">#futureis</a>… <a href="https://t.co/zW35cPEmZo">https://t.co/zW35cPEmZo</a></p>— SOLAR IMPULSE (solarimpulse) June 23, 2016