Solar Impulse to Depart Hawaii, Bound for Mountain View, California

After months of repair in Hawaii, Solar Impulse is scheduled to depart Hawaii for its next leg of its round the world trip to Mountain View, California. Solar Impulse is a solar powered plane, captained by Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, and has flown from Abu Dhabi, through India, China and Japan before heading to Hawaii. Upon landing in Hawaii, engineers needed to replace certain aspects of the batteries that got damaged during its first leg of the trans-pacific trek. After months of… (www.solarimpulse.com) More...