Bertrand Piccard
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Bertrand Piccard FRSGS is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breit
Bertrand Piccard on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival.
Bertrand Piccard in 1982
Breitling Orbiter 3
Solar Impulse
Solar Impulse
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Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft project, and also the name of the project's two operational aircraft. The privately financed project is led by Swiss engineer an
Bertrand Piccard
…non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was the initiator, chairman, and pilot, with André Borschberg, of Solar Impulse, the first successful round-the-world solar-powered flight. In 2012 Piccard was awarded a Champions of the Earth award by the UN Environment Programme…
Solar Impulse 1 landing at Brussels Airport after its first international flight on 13 May 2011
Solar Impulse 1 – fuselage and motors
Solar Impulse 1 during its first "flea hop" test flight in Dübendorf on 3 December 2009
Solar Impulse 1 at Brussels Airport in May 2011