Famous Swiss plane of the solar powered Solar Impulse 2 will resume the first trip around the world. After the repair, solar in Hawaii machine is ready to take the next few days trying to fly to the mainland of the United States, and later – to cross the Atlantic!



 
                                                     
Solar Impulse 2 resumes journey around the world / JEAN REVILLARD / PAP / EPA

a break in the first journey around the world plane with solar powered lasted until eight months . It turned out that on the machine photovoltaic too dissipated – it was necessary to bring new Swiss and make the exchange.

Everything points so that instead of five months to travel around the world will last for one and a half years – the more, the Solar Impulse 2 can not move at a speed greater than 100 km / h.

In the coming days, “solar machine” no fly among others San Francisco and New York, and later to France – and eventually return to Abu Dhabi – where the aircraft flew in March last year.

(j.)