Two pioneers flying around the world with a solar airplane to promote clean technologies #futureisclean Flying a solar impulse means pushing back the limits of the possible. For Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the challenge is to fly a solar airplane around the world in five steps. The around-the-world flight is scheduled to finish in 2016. After the first solar night flight flying demonstration using no fuel whatsoever, Solar Impulse has opened up new prospects for energy saving and clean technologies. A way of promoting a different future. An Idea Born In Switzerland