US
Japan
Nagoya
Detail below
How Solar Impulse flies
3
With only 5-10% of its battery charge left, Solar Impulse must find cloudless sky to recharge in the morning
2
At night, the engine is switched off, and the plane glides down to 1,000m
1
Plane takes off in daylight. It rises to an altitude of 9,000m as the sun charges its batteries
1,000 miles
Hawaii
Nanjing
2
3
1
Japan
Nagoya
How Solar Impulse flies
3
With only 5-10% of its battery charge left, Solar Impulse must find cloudless sky to recharge in the morning
2
At night, the engine is switched off, and the plane glides down to 1,000m
1
Plane takes off in daylight. It rises to an altitude of 9,000m as the sun charges its batteries
1,000 miles
Hawaii
China
Indonesia
Russia
Nanjing
2
3
1
How Solar Impulse flies
2
3
1
3
With only 5-10% of its battery charge left, Solar Impulse must find cloudless sky to recharge in the morning
2
At night, the engine is switched off, and the plane glides down to 1,000m
1
Plane takes off in daylight. It rises to an altitude of 9,000m as the sun charges its batteries
1,000 miles
Hawaii
Japan
China
Indonesia
Russia
Nagoya
Nanjing
How Solar Impulse flies
Japan
Nagoya
2
3
1
3
With only 5-10% of its battery charge left, Solar Impulse must find cloudless sky to recharge in the morning
2
At night, the engine is switched off, and the plane glides down to 1,000m
1
Plane takes off in daylight.
It rises to an altitude of 9,000m as the sun charges its batteries
1,000 miles
Hawaii
China
Russia
Nanjing