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the Solar Impulse - solar-powered airplane has completed its historic flight around the world using only sunlight for fuel the Solar Impulse - began its journey in the city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on March 9th 2015 and completed its mission landing back in Abu Dhabi on July 26th 2016 the Solar Impulse team and its famous pilot Swiss engineer and businessman Andre Borschberg and Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut Bertrand Piccard began this long journey with their first solar-powered flight back in December of 2003 the goal of the Solar Impulse project was to bring worldwide attention to clean technologies and prove that flying an aircraft using renewable resources like sunlight was indeed a real possibility the trip had its fair share of challenges like rough weather a pilot's illness and overcoming technical obstacles like overheating batteries which stranded the team in Hawaii for a period but in the end the Solar Impulse completed his journey and has opened the minds of aviation experts around the world proving that it's possible and propelling the aviation industry forward towards a cleaner future read more about the Solar Impulse - solar-powered airplane at sea Netcom