Solar Impulse 2 lands in Cairo this morning

Today, André Borschberg’s legacy at Solar Impulse will be remembered as he closed Solar Impulse’s penultimate flight of the round-the-world tour with a flyover of the epic Egyptian Pyramids. He landed in Cairo, Egypt on July 13th at 05:10 UTC, 06:10AM CET, 01:10AM EDT after 48 hours and 50 minutes of flight from his takeoff in Seville, Spain.

Solar Impulse 2 above solar plant in Spain

In one flight, the new world of clean technology met the ancient world. This flight began with a flyover of the GemaSolar power plant in Spain, the first power plant to have found a way to produce energy day and night, and ended embedded in Egypt’s ancient world. Not many pilots get the chance to bridge the gap between the two worlds in a single flight – and definitely no pilot has done it in a solar powered airplane!

Solar Impulse 2 over Egypt

The flight was filled with triumph and emotion, speaking to his engineers in Dübendorf and Monaco during the flight made them all recall the very beginning of this technological feat led by André. Bertrand Piccard was at the Mission Control Center in Monaco for the lead-up to the takeoff from Seville and then quickly flew to Egypt to make sure all preparations were underway for André’s ultimate arrival.

Don’t miss Solar Impulse’s last takeoff! Find out when we will be flying next here.

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