Inside the year 1999 history was made when Bertrand Piccard created the very first non-stop journey around the globe inside a hot air balloon. Eleven years later; Piccard is creating history once more as the Co-founder with the Eco-friendly Solar Impulse; that is a Switzerland led solar powered airplane development project. The recently debuted carbon fiber Solar Impulse airplane has officially ushered in a complete new Green era of cutting edge solar powering technologies. The power efficient Solar Impulse airplane triumphantly glided in to the Payerne airfield in Switzerland; making it the first airplane to ever full a 24 hour non-stop flight; fueled only by the organic power of sunlight.

CEO and pilot Andre Borschberg performed the Eco-friendly Solar Impulse test flight; putting to action those advanced energy efficient solar technologies that he, Piccard and their team had developed. The advanced technologies designed into the Green Solar Impulse airplane needed to not only harness and convert the sun’s energy to sustain the airplane during its day-time flight; but also needed to incorporate high performance energy efficient batteries that would convert and store the extra solar energy needed to power its night-time flying hours.

It took seven years of arranging for the team to develop the Eco-friendly Solar Impulse airplane. The solar powered airplane has the wingspan of a Boeing 777 (207 feet) and comes in at concerning the weight of a midsized vehicle. The powered solar airplane is equip with 12,000 solar cells and was designed with a single seat …