Solar plane is an aircraft that is powered by solar energy. The aircraft that was in news in Solar Impulse (SI2), a single-seater aircraft which is capable of FLYING day and night by harnessing the solar energy. It a next generation aircraft which is on Round-the-world flight and started its 35000 kms journey on March 9, 2015 from Abu Dhabi (UAE). In India, it FIRST landed in Ahmedabad and then Varanasi before leaving for Myanmar. The mission of this flight is: ‘AROUND the world to promote clean technologies.’

Solar plane is an aircraft that is powered by solar energy. The aircraft that was in news in Solar Impulse (Si2), a single-seater aircraft which is capable of flying day and night by harnessing the solar energy. It a next generation aircraft which is on Round-the-world flight and started its 35000 kms journey on March 9, 2015 from Abu Dhabi (UAE). In India, it first landed in Ahmedabad and then Varanasi before leaving for Myanmar. The mission of this flight is: ‘Around the world to promote clean technologies.’