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Betrand Piccard on his last take-off in the Solar Impulse
© Solar Impulse / Revillard / Rezo.ch

... to pilot the solar-powered electric aircraft on its final leg. Together, the two pilots set a total of 19 world records, some of which have yet to be confirmed by the International Air Transport Federation (FAI) - in particular André Borschberg's historic pioneering feat of crossing the Pacific from Japan to Hawaii in five consecutive days and nights (longest flight duration for a single-seater).Borschberg's historic pioneering feat of crossing the Pacific from Japan to Hawaii in five consecutive days and nights (the longest flight duration for a single-seater) and Bertrand Piccard's first crossing of the Atlantic in a solar-powered aircraft. For the coordination of the entire project ...

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