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SolarIMPULSE (Si2) continues its challenging first around the world solar powered flight. The team is currently getting ready for the Flight6 which is scheduled for Monday April 13th at 20pmUTC in Chongqing.
The Si2 is expected to land in Nanjing 21 hours later. Have a safe flight!
The Ongreening Team
From Logbook: Sunday March 29th, 2015
On Sunday March 29th, Bertrand Piccard took off for its fifth flight from Mandalay (Myanmar) at 21:06 UTC, to Chongqing (China). Si2 landed in China at 17:35 UTC. The landing was challenging and delayed because of strong winds and intense traffic at Chongqing International Airport.
Bertrand Piccard flew the zero-fuel airplane on 1459 km (742NM) for 20 hours and 29 minutes. An amazing opportunity for Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg to spread the message in Myanmar and China: Future is Clean. Upon landing, Bertrand Piccard declared that managing to land in such difficult conditions was extremely reassuring in view of the numerous more challenges that the pilots will face in the next flights of the Round-the-World tour.
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Source: SolarImpulse Logbook