HOP SOLAR IMPULSE !

Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are the founders, pilots and driving force behind Solar Impulse, the first airplane of perpetual endurance, able to fly day and night without a drop of fuel. By attempting the first Round the World Solar Flight, they want to demonstrate that clean technologies and renewable energies can achieve the impossible. For the Solar Impulse team, pioneering spirit and innovation can change the world.

Since more than 20 years the Crans Montana Forum has supported and honored Bertrand Piccard. A long time ago he was presented with the PRIX DE LA FONDATION in Crans-Montana by Mr. Adolf Ogi, President of the Swiss Confederation and Amb. Jean-Paul Carteron, Founder of the Forum under the friendly eyes of the late Jean-Pascal Delamuraz…

The Round-The-World flight started from Abu Dhabi, on March 9. The route includes stop-overs in Oman, India, Myanmar and China. After trying to cross the Pacific Ocean via Hawaii, Si2 should fly across the U.S.A. and over the Atlantic Ocean, heading back to Abu Dhabi.