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Added on the 21/05/2016 16:12:05 - Copyright : Reuters EN
The zero-fuel airplane Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night, completing at 35,000 kilometer trip across all the continents of the earth powered only by sunlight. Mission Control in Monaco cheered as Balloonist Bertrand Piccard piloted the craft back to the same location from which it took off back in March 2015. Although its 236 foot wingspan is wider than a 747 jumbo jet, the Solar Impulse weighs only 2.3 tons.
The Solar Impulse 2 plane, powered solely by the sun begins the penultimate leg of its round-the-world journey departing from Seville. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 airplane takes off from New York for a marathon flight across the Atlantic on its round-the-world journey. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Solar Impulse 2 lands at Tulsa International Airport on the latest leg of its round-the-world journey after an 18-hour flight from Arizona. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Solar Impulse, the solar-powered airplane midway through a historic bid to circle the globe, takes off from Phoenix, Arizona towards its next stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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