Swiss adventurer Piccard set off in a solar-powered plane with co-pilot Andre Borschberg from Abu Dhabi in March 2015 on a mission to raise awareness around the importance of renewable energy.
Solar Impulse 2 arrived in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Wednesday after a 17 hour journey from Dayton, Ohio.
The pair is expected to complete the world solar flight, which they have been documenting online, this summer in Abu Dhabi.
An extreme #selfie while flying above Pennsylvania to bring Si2 to the gateway of #NYC #futureisclean pic.twitter.com/9A1gIExPFl
— Bertrand PICCARD (@bertrandpiccard) May 26, 2016
BREAKING @bertrandpiccard just landed in #LehighValley at the gates of #NYC after a 0 fuel flight #futureisclean pic.twitter.com/J1OpyaqKSj
— Solar Impulse Foundation (@solarimpulse) May 26, 2016
Piccard, who comes from a dynasty of explorers, has been making the most of his sky high view and took another impressive selfie during an earlier leg above Nanjing in China.
An amazing #Chineseselfie from @bertrandpiccard during #Flight6 to #Nanjing: http://t.co/1QRGdaDKFo pic.twitter.com/RZIHCLAnNI
— Solar Impulse Foundation (@solarimpulse) April 21, 2015
The adventurers resumed their circumnavigation in April this year after damage to the plane’s batteries put it out of action for 10 months.
They are now preparing for their 14th and last American leg – a flyover of the Statue of Liberty and a landing at JFK before setting across the Atlantic.
SOURCE: RT NEWS
