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Bertrand
Piccard
Achieves
World
First
Bertrand Piccard is the record On 26th July as Bertrand Piccard Bertrand has been breaking records
breaking round the world landed his plane at Abu Dhabi for years as a balloonist and is greatly
balloonist, President and initiator world history was truly written. experienced in cross cultural teamwork,
of the Solar Impulse Project Bertrand had completed the first round communication and motivation and
which was launched to take on a the world flight in a solar airplane. this game-changing achievement only
new challenge: flying round the This adventure started 13 years ago enhances his credentials for business
world in an airplane propelled when the Solar Impulse team came audiences around the world. n
uniquely by solar energy, without together to prove that flying 40,000km
fuel or pollution, in order to around the world without fuel was “Welcome to those
promote the immense potential of possible. They had a vision of using who believe in the
renewable energies and their new renewable energies, clean techs power of dreams
technologies. and solar energy to fly around the
world, protecting the environment and and who would
achieving this seemingly impossible like to join me in
goal. Piloted by Bertrand Piccard and my exploration of
Andre Borschberg on the many flight
legs, their Solar Impulse plane faced life.”
problems and setbacks they couldn’t
possibly have foreseen, but being the
true pioneering team they have proved
themselves to be, the problems were
overcome and their goal has finally
been reached.
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