Am Dienstag, 17. März 2015 06:00:20 UTC+1 schrieb Andy Blackburn:
On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 1:29:20 AM UTC-7, Kilo-Bravo wrote:

Surely the most remarkable adventure in this century is the RTW-Flight of swiss made Solar Impulse 2, operating without a single drop of Kerosine or Gas.


Well, there are still 85 years to go in this century to beat it...

Hi Andy,

I fully agree with you, that there are still another 85 years to the year 2100.
Lots of things can happen in this time and sure, this RTW in 12 segments by a solar-powered airplane can be beaten several times by more advanced ideas and constructions.
But would it not be very sad, if this would not happen? Not been beaten within the present century would mean a "technical stand-still" and no further innovation and progress in aviation and other important technologies! The basic idea of Bertrand Piccard was indeed, to do a kick-start, demonstrating to the people of the world, whats possible with the clean power of the sun.