The completion of the world tour Solar Impulse 2 is delayed due to the ill health of the pilot Bertrand Piccard. This he said on his page on Twitter.
«I’m sick. Stomach upset. I have decided to postpone the flight Solar Impulse, because I can not spend 48 hours in the air in such a state. I’m sorry, “- he wrote
July 13 aircraft Solar Solar Impulse 2, travel around the world, came to the finish line, landing in Cairo.. From there he was to fly to Abu Dhabi, where the March 9, 2015 started the journey. During this time the pilots Boshberg Andre and Bertrand Piccard made stops in 15 cities of the world
Solar Impulse 2 -. Improved version of the aircraft Solar Impulse 1, which became the world’s first manned aircraft operating by solar energy. It is assumed that the aircraft can stay in the air with no time limits, since the climbs during the day and stores the energy in batteries.
Solar Impulse 1 set a number of world records, in particular, in 2013, he flew over the North American continent. However, it was necessary to build an airplane larger sizes to travel around the Earth.
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