Bertrand Piccard resumes the Mission: takeoff from Hawaii

Like the rising sun, the Solar Impulse 2 airplane rose from the tarmac at Kalaeloa Airport with Bertrand Piccard in the cockpit. However, just like the setting sun, it grew smaller and smaller, disappearing in the distance. Bertrand Piccard took off from Kalaeloa Airport with Si2 at 4:15PM UTC, 6:15PM CET, 9:15AM PT for a journey that is expected to last 59 hours until landing at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California, USA.

We already marked the history of aviation with André Borschberg’s 117 hour flight from Nagoya to Hawaii and are looking forward to closing the Pacific Crossing with this flight. Together, we will continue to attempt the first round-the-world solar flight and demonstrate that clean technologies can run the world.

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