How to fly around the world without fuel
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Imagine if we could fly day and night using only solar energy. The expertly engineered Solar Impulse plane is flying around the world delivering a powerful message: clean technologies can achieve the seemingly impossible. Powered by a dream, determination and breakthrough engineering, this flying adventure aims to inspire and encourage people everywhere to commit to a more sustainable world.
Today’s aviators stand on the shoulders of giants. Between 1891-96 Otto Lilienthal made the 1st successful, non-powered gliding flights. In 1898, Orville and Wilber Wright made the 1st controlled powered flights. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh was the 1st to cross the Atlantic solo. Six years later, Wiley Post flew a Lockheed Vega around the world. These are just a few examples. What are the names of the two pioneering Solar Impulse pilots that continue to push the boundaries of flight today?
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