Solar plane with zero fuel in on World Tour and its has reached India. Plane is to make world record or history to be first plane to travel across the world with using single drop of fuel. Solar Plane landed Ahmedabad, India on Tuesday after a week stay, now today Solar plane is to travel Varanasi but flight delayed waiting for immigration clearance to proceed to Varanasi. Both Pilot of plane are in Angry attack to Indian bureaucracy on Wednesday after a lengthy hold-up in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, Ahmedabad Gujarat India.
Solar Plane to fly Varanasi
The aircraft began its journey on March 9 from Abu Dhabi. Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard had flown the plane from Muscat to Ahmedabad, while his co-pilot Borschbergh will fly the solar-powered aircraft to Varanasi. From Varanasi, the SI-2 is scheduled to fly to Mandalay in Myanmar, Chongqing and Nanjing in China and thereafter to the USA, ” Told Dnaindia.com
“Solar Impulse officially took-off today at 7:18 a.m. local time with a delay due to last minute customs and immigration formalities with Indian authorities. Pilot André Borschberg will fly the aircraft from Ahmedabad to Varanasi, a flight anticipated to last 15 hours. Si2 will reach its highest altitude of 17,000 ft (5, 610 meres) between Indore and Bhopal. The Landing in Varanasi is expected to be at 10:38 p.m. local time,” a press release from the Si2 team said, told The Hindu.
“The delay is (because of) of administration, papers, stamps,” Piccard told reporters before the plane finally took off from Ahmedabad airport on Wednesday morning., told uk.news.yahoo.com
.@andreborschberg and #Si2 are airborne in #India, flying from #Ahmedabad to #Varanasi, entirely #PoweredByTheSun! pic.twitter.com/XCL3z2uZzs
— SOLAR IMPULSE (@solarimpulse) March 18, 2015
Happy to proceed finally to the holy city of varanasi with @solarimpulse pic.twitter.com/txRgHx9hKc — André Borschberg (@andreborschberg) March 18, 2015
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