Solar Impulse: Reddit Ask Me Anything May 31 1PM ET

May 30, 2013

Reddit Ask Me Anything with the pilots of Solar Impulse on Friday, May 31, at 1:00 pm ET, 10:00 am PT & 19:00 CET

André Borschberg, new absolute world distance record holder and Bertrand Piccard, initiator and chairman of Solar Impulse, are both pilots of the zero-fuel solar-powered airplane, they will answer all your questions for 1 hour!

André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard, the pilots of Solar Impulse – the first 100% solar-powered plane that flies day and night without fuel – will be doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything on May 31st at 1:00 PM ET, 10:00am PT, 19 :00 CET. They will take all your questions for 1 hour!

You can find the AMA here: http://www.reddit.com/r/iAMA/ The official link will be available around 12:30PM ET.

Bertrand Piccard, doctor, psychiatrist and aeronaut, who made the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight, is the initiator and chairman.

André Borschberg, an engineer and graduate in management science, a fighter pilot and a professional airplane and helicopter pilot, is the co-founder and CEO.

Crossing Frontiers, Return Flight, Toulouse to Payerne, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg after landing in Payerne | 2012.07.24 | © Solar Impulse | Laurent Kaeser

This is a unique opportunity to ask everything you ever wanted to know about Solar Impulse, the solar plane!

The “Across America” mission at a glance:

Early May 2013: First leg San Francisco/Moffett Airfield – Phoenix/Sky Harbor
Mid May 2013: Second leg Phoenix/Sky Harbor – Dallas/Fort Worth
End May – Early June 2013: Third leg Dallas/Fort Worth – St. Louis/Lambert Airport
Early to Mid-June 2013: Fourth leg St. Louis/Lambert Airport – Washington DC/Dulles
Early July 2013: Fifth and last leg Washington DC/Dulles – New York/JFK

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By Amber Archangel