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SOLAR IMPULSE 2 TEAM COMPLETES “IMPOSSIBLE” ROUND-THE-WORLD All images copyright Solar Impulse ZERO-FUEL FLIGHT

The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft – the first electric powered only by – took 13 years to plan and develop and 23 total days of flight to journey 43,041 kilometres around the world. The International Civil Aviation Organization is an Institutional and Aeronautical Partner for Solar Impulse 2, aligned with ICAO’s Strategic Objective to reduce emissions from international civil aviation activity using a multi-faceted approach.

Swiss aviation pioneers André Borschberg (left) and . SI2 initiator, chairman, and pilot Piccard developed the vision and outreach to promote clean technologies. Borschberg assembled the team that designed the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft and organized the flight missions. They alternated flying the 17 legs of the round-the-world flight.

In the pre-dawn of 26 July 2016, the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft landed at Al Bateen Executive Airport in on the final leg from .

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“ The Solar Impulse 2 project clearly demonstrates that renewable energies and efficient technologies offer tangible solutions to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

– Jane Hupe, Deputy Director, Environment, ICAO Air Transport Bureau

“The same clean technologies used on Solar Impulse could be implemented on the ground in our daily life to divide by two

the CO2 emissions in a profitable way.” – Bertrand Piccard. For more information on their #FutureIsClean initiative, Captain Piccard and his wife, Michèlle, prior to departure of the final flight leg from . visit www.futureisclean.org.

The Mission Control Centre in erupts in celebration on completion of the final flight. Their message: “Take It Further!” Borschberg said, “By capitalizing on the engineering skills and expertise gained over the past decade, we will continue to work to encourage concrete innovations and disruptive solutions.”

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