How Solar Impulse 2 became the first aircraft to complete a 40,000 km fuel-free journey around the world
- image AI generatedWhen Solar Impulse 2 returned to Abu Dhabi in July 2016, it completed something that had never been achieved before.
- The aircraft had travelled around the world powered only by energy collected from the sun, finishing a journey of roughly 40,000 kilometres without using conventional fuel.
- It was not built to prove that commercial airliners could immediately switch to solar power.
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- image AI generatedWhen Solar Impulse 2 returned to Abu Dhabi in July 2016, it completed something that had never been achieved before.
- The aircraft had travelled around the world powered only by energy collected from the sun, finishing a journey of roughly 40,000 kilometres without using conventional fuel.
- It was not built to prove that commercial airliners could immediately switch to solar power.
Sources: Times of India