Solar powered aircraft set off over the Atlantic

Photo: Facebook Solar Impulse

Solar Impulse 2, as planned, flew over the Statue of Liberty. The solar-powered aircraft flew to the most ambitious part of its round-the-world flight: in 90 hours, the pilots of the device intend to reach the Spanish Seville by flying over the Atlantic Ocean.

The aircraft, which is controlled by the Swiss pilot Bertrand Picard, had to leave the territory of the United States on Sunday, but the bad weather forced the creators to postpone the start.

As in the previous sections of the path, Picard will have to sleep in fragments.

The aircraft, equipped with thousands of solar panels 17, made a series of flights over the United States before heading to Europe across the Atlantic.

The wingspan of the Solar Impulse 2 is almost identical to that of the Boeing 747. Total pilots Solar Impulse 2 intend to overcome 35 thousands of kilometers.

Swiss enthusiasts round-the-world trip started 9 March 2015 of the year in Abu Dhabi.

11 June, the brainchild of psychiatrist Picard and his companion, businessman Andre Borshberg, landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport.

The Solar Impulse project has already set a number of world records in the category of solar powered flights, including the first such flight across the entire US in 2013.

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