After accomplishing the mission of connecting Africa to Europe, the solar airplane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will take-off tomorrow, 24 July 2012 at 07:00 AM (UTC+2) to complete the world’s first roundtrip intercontinental flight without a drop of fuel. The prototype is expected to land at its home base in Payerne (Switzerland) 24 July around 08:00 PM (UTC+2). 

Piloted by Bertrand Piccard, the prototype will take-off for the final leg of this mission flight tomorrow 24 July 2012 from Toulouse-Francazal airport at 07:00 AM (UTC+2). It will fly south of Toulouse and over the Massif Central. It will then go west of Lyon towards Roanne and Mâcon finally approaching the Franco-Swiss border in the area of Pontarlier somewhere around 05:00PM (UTC+2). Once HB-SIA crosses the border into Switzerland, it will cross the Jura and hold until the thermals calm down allowing a final approach into Payerne airfield. The aircraft will fly at 3’600 meters most of the flight. The landing is planned to occur after 08:00PM (UTC+2) where the public will have the occasion to watch the landing from a hillock at the airfield. 

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