The First Solar Powered Flight Across the Atlantic

Bertrand Piccard is a dreamer. The Swiss psychiatrist, inspired by a family lineage of explorers and innovators, holds the record for the first non-stop balloon flight across the globe, with partner Brian Jones. Now, along with his partner André Borschberg, he also holds the distinction of completing the first ever Trans-Atlantic solar powered flight with the innovative experimental aircraft, Solar Impulse 2. WATCH NEXT America’s Ex-Drone Pilot: Subscribe to MOTHERBOARD: http://bit.l
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