The Young Chronicle: For Grade 3 March 20th, 2015 | Page 5

YOUNG CHRONICLE

Solar Impulse 2’s India Visit
Solar Impulse 2 or SI2 landed in Ahmedabad on March 12th, and then took off to reach Varanasi on 18th March.
SI2 has more than 17,000 solar cells built into its wings and hopes to promote Green Energy as it attempts to
travel around the world without refuelling.
The flight took off from UAE and with Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, the two pilots and Founders,
who will fly around the world in 5 months, with no fuel. The plane will run on solar energy, completely.

India in the Semis
After the victory against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh last week, India is now in the semi-finals of the world cup,
and will have to play against Australia on 26th March.

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