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(plane engine roaring)

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- To have an airplane that
could fly forever without fuel,

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no noise, no pollution.

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That was the dream from the beginning.

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- We can move up a little bit.

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Just a little bit, a little.

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- The airplane was
considered to be possible

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to be built and flown.

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The challenge is how to
make something like this.

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- It is an airplane we
designed, we dreamt about.

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It's a big part of me.

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- We're not sure that
this is the right answer

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to the challenge of
flying around the world.

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This I can tell you maybe
in five months afterwards

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if we were right or if we were wrong.

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(chains rattling)

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- A plane powered by solar energy,

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even in my comic books
with Superman, Spider Man,

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that wasn't in.

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- Everybody was saying
it's completely crazy

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to do something like that.

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Flying an airplane prototype like this

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five days over the ocean.

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(camera shutters clicking)
(crowd murmuring)

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- [Male Reporter] We're in
the early hours of the morning,

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and the Solar Impulse 2

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is ready to embark

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on its ambitious round
the world journey.

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- [Female Reporter] Bertrand
Piccard and Andre Borschberg

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will be taking turns to
fly the solar-powered plane

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around the world for
the very first time.

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Its wingspan is the
equivalent of a 747 jet.

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It weighs about the
same as a family car.

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We're told it has the
horsepower of a scooter

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and it flies wholly on
the power of the sun.

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(plane engine whistling)

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- 16 years I have been dreaming of that

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thought of flight around
the world with no fuel.

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There are doubts all the time.

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When you're doing something
that nobody has done before,

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the doubts are important.

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If you are on the straight
line with your beliefs,

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you'll never succeed in something new.

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- [Betrand] ...continue
to get the clearance.

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- Okay, solar generator looks good,

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and continue with engines then.

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A good flight Andre,
let's start the adventure.

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(plane engine roars)

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- [Andre] Okay, finally it's
the magic moment.

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- [Michael Anger]
And we have lift off.

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- Whoa!

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(speaking in foreign language)

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- [Male Reporter 1] It is really
phenomenal sight, but crazy

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to believe that it's just the
sun powering that plane here...

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- [Female Reporter] The dream
is to show a way forward

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without fossil fuels and
spread a message about the need

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to fight climate change.

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- [Male Reporter 2] The pilots
will be broadcasting live

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from the cockpit, speaking to schools,

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politicians and the media.

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- [Male Reporter 3] Now it's
got a huge journey ahead of it.

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- [Andre] We will make about 11 stops,

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there's only one seat, so we take turns.

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Five days, five nights over the oceans

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alone in this cockpit.

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- Five months now, the
plane starting this way,

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if everything goes well, it
comes back this way in July.

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It is so much more difficult to use

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these clean technologies in the air

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than to use them on the ground.

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So if it works in the air,

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I really hope people will
understand that they can replace

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all these old polluting old
stuff by new clean technologies.

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What we do in the air
we can do on the ground,

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and this is our message.

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- Thank you very much,
currently altitude 5300 feet.

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- Technologies are for the
benefit of all of humanity,

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I mean the way we use
them, we destroy a planet,

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is completely stupid.

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- This aircraft is so
very light, so fragile.

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Trying to find the places where
it can fly is not so easy.

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When you have a downdraft or an updraft,

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this aircraft can break in two.

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Rain, humidity and
turbulence, forget it.

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Only sun and quiet
weather and tail winds.

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(radio chatter)

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- We are excited, but there's
a lot of fear as well.

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I think the overall around the
world flight you can compare

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to an Apollo mission.

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If you do something wrong,
just one thing,

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they could die and you carry
that for the rest of your life.

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(plane engine whistles)
(footsteps echoing)

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(speaking in foreign language)

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- [Betrand] When I was a child,

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I was afraid to climb in
the tree, fear is there.

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Either you have no fear at all,

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which means you're completely
crazy, or you have some fear,

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which means that you
are not a daredevil.

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It might not go well, but the
only way to know is to try.

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(soft instrumental music)

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My father and my
grandfather were the first

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to the bottom of the ocean,

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showing there was life
in the deepest trenches.

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The first in the stratosphere,
to see with his own eyes

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the curvature of the earth.

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When you do the first, you
establish the first benchmark.

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And from there, a lot of
new things can come out.

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(plane engine whistling)

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(radio chatter)

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(system monitors beeping)

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- You said the aircraft is unstable,

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and I don't see any turbulence at all.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- There he is, Andre, hello.

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Betrand started to say
the aircraft is unstable

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and the autopilot cannot be connected

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and he said it's really hard to control.

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- Okay, we are looking
for a bailout area

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in the area he's flying for the moment.

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- If it's a pilot problem, yeah,

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pilot induced oscillation,

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I think we should take time
and do everything very calm.

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(crowd murmuring)

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- [Betrand] Now it's completely stable.

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- Okay.

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- It's completely fine because
now I can keep the heading

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without the autopilot.

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- Okay Betrand then the
next thing, I'd like you

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to extend the outriggers,

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and then slowly go down.

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(camera shutters clicking)

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- It was a fantastic flight.

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- Always challenges with
an experimental airplane,

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you always discover, you always learn.

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- Yes, well it's going to be
really impressive, I tell you,

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to cross the Pacific,
to cross the Atlantic.

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- It's not done yet.
- You can imagine that.

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- It's not done yet.

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- [Robert] We had a little delamination

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on one of the solar panels.

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- No, don't push too much.

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- No, it's perfect.

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- This white spot can overheat

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one of these individual cells.

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If one cell gets damaged,

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like with the light bulbs
in a Christmas tree,

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you break down all the others as well.

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- I just knew from the
beginning that it must be

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a superlight aircraft.

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- 13 years ago, the thrill, wow!

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Is it possible, is it not possible?

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And it was an up and down,
fighting, success, failures.

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- We had to design the whole plane

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very much on the edge of everything,

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in terms of weight we were
able to put in, energy reserve.

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The whole size of the
airplane is driven by

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the energy we need to cross the Pacific.

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(water splashing)

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- We never flew over the ocean.

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The last measure we can
take is to bail out.

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But of course you want to bail out

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when you really have to bail out.

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If you do this mission, you
have to be on the positive side

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or you will never do it.

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(plane engine whistling)

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I have always have been
a little bit rebellious

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against authority.

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I left home when I was quite young.

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What I learned as a fighter
pilot which was useful,

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I think you are trained to
better appreciate the risk

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and come up with the right decision.

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(radio chatter)

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(upbeat marching band music)

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- On the ground, the aircraft
has a lot of weak point.

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It's made of fabric,
it's made of carbon,

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and you can break it with your finger.

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- Now Betrand, I really would
like to have more details

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on this phase before
landing in Ahmedabad,

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about what happened there,

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because we had really some
stress situation on the ground.

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- I made a mistake in flying
the plane in an unstable way,

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and I really scared everybody.

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So I was very embarrassed.

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- Not being prepared good
enough, pilot condition must be

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better than what it was.

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- This decision was extremely
difficult for everybody,

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especially when there
are a lot of emotions

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and so much at stake.

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If I would do the Pacific,
I knew that I had

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to prepare myself very well.

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(birds chirpping)

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When I will be in this
cockpit there will be moments

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that will be too intense.

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This airplane is like a leaf
pushed around by the wind.

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You have to make nature as a
partner and not as an enemy.

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That's the best attitude in life,

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in some ways I discovered
when flying this airplane.

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- With Solar Impulse, we're
only at the first phase.

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Our goal is not to transport passengers,

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our goal is to transport a message.

00:13:03.625 --> 00:13:06.875
(uplifting instrumental music)

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With Andre, we've done six
legs from Abu Dhabi to here.

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Now it's time to go to the next level.

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And it's the ocean, this is
why Solar Impulse is built.

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- It's like going to the moon,
everything is under control

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but you still have to go to the moon.

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- The challenge with the solar energy

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is to fly through the night.

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The energy of the airplane
is the critical factor.

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During the day we climb
very high altitudes,

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so we collect the energy
directly from the sun.

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And we use this altitude at
the beginning of the night

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to slowly fly down, this
saves the batteries.

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Minimum battery charge, if
everything goes on plan,

00:14:03.490 --> 00:14:07.790
is not more than 10% in
the morning at sunrise.

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It's about an hour, so there
is not much margin in that.

00:14:12.586 --> 00:14:14.493
- Everything okay there?

00:14:16.250 --> 00:14:18.053
Okay, let's move forward.

00:14:19.420 --> 00:14:23.580
- We are removing each gram
that we can in this airplane

00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:26.543
because each gram of
course is consuming energy.

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- I did the most weight saving
because I lost four kilos

00:14:33.490 --> 00:14:35.160
during the last four months there,

00:14:35.160 --> 00:14:36.963
so I did my contribution.

00:14:38.610 --> 00:14:43.610
- We were never able to prove
that the airplane can fly

00:14:43.650 --> 00:14:45.980
through the night so far,

00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:48.700
and reducing weight is reducing risk.

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- The lighter you are
the further you get.

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- Who knows, I mean, maybe this
is the minute which counts.

00:14:54.208 --> 00:14:55.357
- Yeah, exactly.

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- The Pacific is the
largest ocean on the earth.

00:15:01.950 --> 00:15:04.460
It is something that is always moving,

00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:09.033
developing, dying, depressions,
typhoons, it's like a soup.

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- The most difficult part of
this Pacific flight to Hawaii

00:15:13.670 --> 00:15:16.210
is the crossing of
a classical cold front

00:15:16.210 --> 00:15:20.170
that acts like a wall, cloudiness
that gives precipitation.

00:15:20.170 --> 00:15:22.800
So, all things that you have to avoid.

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Flying to Hawaii takes
five, maybe six days.

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When you cross that front you
have to be sure about details.

00:15:30.750 --> 00:15:34.383
And five days ahead,
it's difficult to say.

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- With breaking news, take-off tonight.

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Starting to be exciting.

00:15:40.530 --> 00:15:41.750
- Finally.

00:15:41.750 --> 00:15:43.190
- What's the flight time?

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- Flight time is six days and...

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- Six? (whistles)

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- Having a seventh day,
it's not acceptable for me.

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If it's five and a
half, okay, on the edge.

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But if it's six and
something, it's...

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- [Andre] I mean if I
look at everything,

00:15:59.780 --> 00:16:01.297
now I'm the impression we are pushing

00:16:01.297 --> 00:16:03.080
a little bit too far there.

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:05.350
- We are at seven hours from departure.

00:16:05.350 --> 00:16:07.060
- It's tight there, it's tight,

00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:08.950
and uncertainty due to energy.

00:16:08.950 --> 00:16:10.820
- We have too many issues,
that's the problem.

00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:12.220
We have too many issues now.

00:16:14.850 --> 00:16:15.853
- Game over.

00:16:21.170 --> 00:16:23.950
- The guys are fighting each
other because they are nervous,

00:16:23.950 --> 00:16:25.830
they're under tension, they're tired.

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- If it's the window of the
year we just have to do it.

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- You're not going to
do it for tomorrow.

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- Sorry on that, but I think,

00:16:33.020 --> 00:16:35.711
we'll not have a solution
for tomorrow evening.

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- He's tired, he's tired,
they are tired.

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- Don't forget that the
distance from Nanjing to Hawaii

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is almost two times Europe,
and then you're asking us,

00:16:46.510 --> 00:16:49.470
"What's the clouds gonna
be like in Poland,

00:16:49.470 --> 00:16:53.351
and in Greece, and in
Ukraine," in three hours.

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- With two people.
(laughing)

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- I mean, I like my job.
Oh, I like my job (laughing).

00:17:00.630 --> 00:17:01.463
- But?

00:17:01.463 --> 00:17:02.380
- But it was hell.

00:17:02.380 --> 00:17:04.490
- I would prefer that we take some rest

00:17:04.490 --> 00:17:08.313
and tomorrow morning we'll
start to fight for the next one.

00:17:09.882 --> 00:17:13.248
(tarp rustling)

00:17:13.248 --> 00:17:16.910
- [Male Reporter] The Solar Impulse
has been grounded in China

00:17:16.910 --> 00:17:19.745
due to bad weather brewing
over the Pacific Ocean.

00:17:22.577 --> 00:17:27.577
- It's not only that we have
the risk of losing the pilot,

00:17:27.644 --> 00:17:32.200
but it will also change
the life of every engineer,

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:37.200
which Andre maybe doesn't
realize all the time.

00:17:37.722 --> 00:17:39.100
- How much, how much?

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:41.874
The closer we get,
the more intense it is.

00:17:41.874 --> 00:17:45.903
The first time I will fall
asleep will be over the ocean.

00:17:47.731 --> 00:17:50.970
We all know that falling
asleep when you are stressed

00:17:50.970 --> 00:17:51.803
is not easy.

00:17:53.454 --> 00:17:55.160
There will be moments of actions,

00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:57.610
there will be moment of reflection.

00:17:57.610 --> 00:17:59.813
I hope not moment of regrets.

00:18:02.090 --> 00:18:04.723
This inner voyage is really
what I am looking for.

00:18:10.090 --> 00:18:12.613
- Is this what you were dreaming of?

00:18:13.810 --> 00:18:17.490
We will have a nice
corridor behind this system

00:18:17.490 --> 00:18:22.490
onto the ocean, three, even
four days flying in sunshine.

00:18:22.829 --> 00:18:25.412
(group cheering)

00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:35.730
- For the time being, looking good.

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:44.370
- He's doing this really
with a lot of his heart

00:18:44.370 --> 00:18:48.263
and all his being, I don't
think anything else matters.

00:19:01.210 --> 00:19:02.940
- [Male Reporter] The
Solar Impulse 2 plane

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:05.260
is currently tackling
the most ambitious leg

00:19:05.260 --> 00:19:06.560
of its round-the-world journey.

00:19:06.560 --> 00:19:08.340
- [Female Reporter] Once
midway across the Pacific,

00:19:08.340 --> 00:19:11.480
there's no turning back,
with no airports to land at

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:13.986
and no boat capable of
trailing the plane fast enough.

00:19:13.986 --> 00:19:16.660
- [Male Reporter] Even to
get one man across an ocean

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:19.710
will push him and his
machine to the limits.

00:19:19.710 --> 00:19:22.793
(plane engine whistling)

00:19:36.812 --> 00:19:39.097
- There's bad weather coming in

00:19:39.097 --> 00:19:40.360
with thunderstorms,

00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:43.233
and afterwards it's turning northwest.

00:19:43.233 --> 00:19:46.270
- We will reach the point of no return

00:19:46.270 --> 00:19:48.250
in approximately 10 hours,

00:19:48.250 --> 00:19:50.603
so we have to have a
decision by that point.

00:19:51.930 --> 00:19:54.551
- The good side is that
the plane flies well,

00:19:54.551 --> 00:19:56.870
and the engine is in a good
shape and probably we can make

00:19:56.870 --> 00:19:59.840
it through the first
night with enough energy.

00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:01.950
On the other hand, we don't know

00:20:01.950 --> 00:20:04.163
how to cross the bad
weather front in five days.

00:20:04.163 --> 00:20:08.080
(radio chatter)

00:20:50.490 --> 00:20:54.230
- For me it is clearly not right
to continue, it's no way.

00:20:54.230 --> 00:20:56.430
The earlier we announce this diversion,

00:20:56.430 --> 00:20:59.650
the higher the rate of
success I would say

00:20:59.650 --> 00:21:02.530
to save the airplane and
the pilot and the mission.

00:21:02.530 --> 00:21:06.260
- We have more risk of
losing the airplane in Japan

00:21:06.260 --> 00:21:09.200
than if we try to reach Hawaii.

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:12.290
I don't see how we can get a permission

00:21:12.290 --> 00:21:14.769
to inflate the mobile hangar in Japan.

00:21:14.769 --> 00:21:17.298
- [Markus] The airplane is
not made to cross the front

00:21:17.298 --> 00:21:20.220
and fly in cumulus clouds.

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:24.083
- Until when can we still
say we try to cross?

00:21:24.083 --> 00:21:29.283
- Now. Either we divert
or we take a big risk.

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:45.490
- [Female Reporter] The green
energy plane Solar Impulse 2

00:21:45.490 --> 00:21:47.920
stopped moving, towards
its make-or-break

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.610
next destination, Hawaii.

00:21:49.610 --> 00:21:51.330
- [Male Reporter] There's no
telling how long they're gonna

00:21:51.330 --> 00:21:53.923
spend in Japan waiting on
the weather conditions.

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:15.890
(wind whistling)

00:22:21.727 --> 00:22:24.500
- We need to be able to get

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:26.428
the mobile hangar assembly tonight.

00:22:26.428 --> 00:22:28.194
If we did not succeed,

00:22:28.194 --> 00:22:31.040
the risk is that we lose
the airplane completely

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:32.240
and the risk is extremely high.

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.453
It's not a 10%, chance it's 90.

00:22:40.570 --> 00:22:42.610
- But what we need now is our hanger

00:22:42.610 --> 00:22:45.043
to prevent it from sun, wind and rain.

00:22:46.770 --> 00:22:50.630
- We need to put full
speed on it, maximum speed,

00:22:50.630 --> 00:22:52.043
maximum efforts.

00:23:03.923 --> 00:23:06.170
- The aircraft was not
just a little bit wet,

00:23:06.170 --> 00:23:08.664
it was completely wet
with water dripping

00:23:08.664 --> 00:23:11.423
from every single part of this aircraft.

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:15.100
- Well, we want to avoid
a short circuit because

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:17.600
that would blow very
probably the main fuse

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.835
inside the battery.

00:23:18.835 --> 00:23:21.170
(water splashing)

00:23:21.170 --> 00:23:23.033
Oh, I didn't see that.

00:23:26.467 --> 00:23:29.934
- I hope it will be okay, but
I don't know at this stage.

00:23:29.934 --> 00:23:32.669
Maybe in three months
we are still in Japan.

00:23:32.669 --> 00:23:34.940
And then it would be a disaster

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:36.540
for our flight around the world.

00:23:40.455 --> 00:23:43.538
(tools whirring)

00:23:47.070 --> 00:23:50.883
- Andre would take all the risks.

00:23:50.883 --> 00:23:51.716
- Yes.

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:55.246
- We from the engineering,
we want to reduce as much

00:23:55.246 --> 00:23:59.893
as we can to make his life
safe, but he is a risky guy.

00:24:01.176 --> 00:24:03.759
(crowd murmuring)

00:24:07.395 --> 00:24:11.363
(radio chatter)

00:24:11.363 --> 00:24:15.280
(speaking foreign language)

00:24:17.881 --> 00:24:19.017
- There is no high pressure there,

00:24:19.017 --> 00:24:21.793
there's absolutely no way to go through.

00:24:24.760 --> 00:24:26.390
- To follow something for three days

00:24:26.390 --> 00:24:30.714
and 10 minutes before
the take-off, crazy.

00:24:30.714 --> 00:24:31.547
- It was a bit--

00:24:31.547 --> 00:24:34.674
- There's really a problem
somewhere in our way of working.

00:24:35.507 --> 00:24:38.317
- We are checking if we
should proceed or not.

00:24:39.738 --> 00:24:41.010
- How are you feeling?

00:24:41.010 --> 00:24:41.863
- Detached.

00:24:43.090 --> 00:24:44.190
That's the best way.

00:24:46.797 --> 00:24:49.880
(snoring)

00:24:53.750 --> 00:24:56.040
- I think we really need it now

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:59.233
because the spirits are
sort of not very well.

00:24:59.233 --> 00:25:02.080
And if we now take the plane back,

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:05.737
assemble the mobile hangar
again and stay here for longer,

00:25:05.737 --> 00:25:08.888
it's gonna be quite bad for
the general mood of the team,

00:25:08.888 --> 00:25:10.170
I think.

00:25:10.170 --> 00:25:12.230
So that's why I believe
we're gonna take off,

00:25:12.230 --> 00:25:13.990
it's gonna happen.

00:25:13.990 --> 00:25:16.010
- This afternoon I was confident,

00:25:16.010 --> 00:25:17.714
now I feel more like gambling.

00:25:17.714 --> 00:25:21.266
And if he has to bail out here,

00:25:21.266 --> 00:25:24.220
okay the water is maybe already warmer,

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:27.913
but I don't want to gamble
with a pilot in the ocean.

00:25:29.171 --> 00:25:33.088
(speaking in foreign language)

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:39.100
- I'm not confident to taking
the risk of your life.

00:25:41.070 --> 00:25:46.070
It's very difficult to go
against the inner feeling.

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:49.450
- I feel that you went
over the tipping point

00:25:49.450 --> 00:25:52.333
in terms of feeling and
so it must be right.

00:25:52.333 --> 00:25:56.240
- But it's a terrible situation,
and I imagine for you,

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:58.723
I'm so sorry for you, Andre.

00:26:00.950 --> 00:26:04.663
You cannot imagine--
- Don't be sorry.

00:26:06.410 --> 00:26:08.810
So confirmed, flight is canceled.

00:26:08.810 --> 00:26:12.383
We go back to the tents
unfortunately, but that's life.

00:26:16.010 --> 00:26:17.427
A lot of hurdles.

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.900
Big hurdles.

00:26:24.830 --> 00:26:26.750
- We tried everything we could,

00:26:26.750 --> 00:26:31.750
and we just failed the last centimeter.

00:26:38.410 --> 00:26:42.290
- Always trying to make it work,

00:26:42.290 --> 00:26:46.363
and then you see that all that
work is kind of for nothing.

00:26:47.650 --> 00:26:49.730
- I have to admit that the last weeks,

00:26:49.730 --> 00:26:52.793
I was losing faith.

00:26:55.903 --> 00:26:59.070
(gentle ambient music)

00:27:06.770 --> 00:27:10.340
- The monsoon is really
picking up here in Japan,

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:13.870
which means rain, there's also
the risk of typhoon.

00:27:13.870 --> 00:27:17.190
So, what we are facing
if we cannot leave

00:27:17.190 --> 00:27:20.835
over the next few days to
Hawaii is being hit by typhoon,

00:27:20.835 --> 00:27:25.180
lose the mobile hangar, and
of course lose the airplane.

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:27.660
- We will always have an unknown thing.

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:30.547
I think this is the nature of
a forecast, it's a forecast.

00:27:30.547 --> 00:27:32.143
It's not the truth.

00:27:33.250 --> 00:27:35.330
- Either we try to cross
an ocean or not.

00:27:35.330 --> 00:27:40.330
- It was so embarrassing to
have Andre ready to take off,

00:27:41.020 --> 00:27:45.320
all the press watching, we had
to cancel at the last minute.

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:47.220
And this time we want to avoid this.

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:49.990
So we're not telling anybody.

00:27:49.990 --> 00:27:52.060
And once we're in the air, if it works,

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:55.044
then we say, "Hello,
coucou, here we are.

00:27:55.044 --> 00:27:57.582
"This time it's going well."

00:27:57.582 --> 00:28:01.499
(speaking in foreign language)

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:17.493
I'm committed, completely
committed to this flight.

00:28:19.818 --> 00:28:23.853
The point of no return is
already passed long time ago.

00:28:31.490 --> 00:28:35.380
- Friday we were both
super depressed in Tokyo.

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.990
Saying yeah, this might be the end,

00:28:37.831 --> 00:28:39.060
not sure we're
gonna still make it.

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:41.240
But if we make it to Hawaii,

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:44.103
at least we've done the hard thing.

00:28:47.933 --> 00:28:49.490
(swelling instrumental music)

00:28:49.490 --> 00:28:50.990
- All right, okay.

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:54.683
- We are just getting ready and we try

00:28:54.683 --> 00:28:58.050
to take off at 3:00 am, sharp.

00:28:58.050 --> 00:29:00.863
- This time it seems
better, so we try again.

00:29:02.251 --> 00:29:05.084
(swelling instrumental music)

00:29:28.882 --> 00:29:31.965
(plane engine whistling)

00:29:55.993 --> 00:29:59.243
(system monitors beeping)

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:11.000
- Okay copy, there was
a short MAS failure.

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:13.120
- If we do not find out why it happened

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:17.638
or what triggered it, we should
not continue to the Pacific.

00:30:17.638 --> 00:30:22.638
- Biggest concern, the problem is
the MAS, that's the killer one.

00:30:23.995 --> 00:30:28.120
- The MAS is the system
controlling the autopilot,

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:30.712
which is giving false
alarms and waking up

00:30:30.712 --> 00:30:33.890
Andre each time he wants to sleep.

00:30:42.122 --> 00:30:44.620
- So you want to continue to Hawaii?

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.453
- Yeah.

00:30:45.453 --> 00:30:47.430
- Knowing that the
monitoring is not working?

00:30:47.430 --> 00:30:48.263
- Yeah.

00:30:49.261 --> 00:30:51.457
- And you still...

00:30:51.457 --> 00:30:54.043
- It makes life a little
bit more complicated.

00:30:55.136 --> 00:30:59.650
We'll need the monitoring
from the ground.

00:30:59.650 --> 00:31:00.950
- The risk is really high.

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:04.160
The risk is really, really high.

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:06.777
We have 55 minutes before
the point of no return.

00:31:06.777 --> 00:31:08.950
And we don't know what is causing this,

00:31:08.950 --> 00:31:12.933
and we have no idea, I
mean, it could degrade.

00:31:17.690 --> 00:31:20.730
- Except we still don't know
the cause of the problem.

00:31:20.730 --> 00:31:21.563
- No.

00:31:22.590 --> 00:31:24.320
- If we go back to Nagoya,

00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:27.007
I'm sure we would find another window,

00:31:27.007 --> 00:31:30.559
the season is not over.

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:33.517
- If we go back to Japan, I think

00:31:33.517 --> 00:31:38.517
it's the end of the project.

00:31:40.193 --> 00:31:44.110
(speaking in foreign language)

00:32:29.113 --> 00:32:31.650
Now we just need to know if Andre

00:32:31.650 --> 00:32:32.833
wants to continue or not.

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:36.970
- What do you think it will
take for him to decide?

00:32:39.746 --> 00:32:44.746
- Guts. Not only as a
pilot, but for the project.

00:32:58.510 --> 00:33:00.270
- We have an aircraft
which is not nominal.

00:33:00.270 --> 00:33:02.745
- Things will break
during this journey,

00:33:02.745 --> 00:33:07.477
and if we start the journey already
with one redundancy down,

00:33:07.477 --> 00:33:09.250
that's not a good starting basis.

00:33:09.250 --> 00:33:11.310
I would recommend to go back.

00:33:11.310 --> 00:33:14.766
- Going back to Nagoya
in the season of typhoons

00:33:14.766 --> 00:33:17.670
with the possibility of
destroying the airplane

00:33:17.670 --> 00:33:21.660
on the ground, in terms
of overall project,

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:24.870
it's more risky to come
back then to continue.

00:33:33.930 --> 00:33:36.559
- If you decide to continue, as a friend

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:41.559
you have all my support,
but as an engineer

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:45.058
I would say we have to go
back as we have the choice.

00:33:45.058 --> 00:33:49.920
- A lot of people can
be a little bit afraid,

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:54.250
scared by the unknown
in which we're jumping.

00:33:54.250 --> 00:33:58.305
I was very often in my life
in these type of situations.

00:33:58.305 --> 00:34:00.523
And I tell you, it's worth it.

00:34:01.970 --> 00:34:06.970
But the decision we take goes
far beyond the flight itself.

00:34:07.690 --> 00:34:12.328
We have now the possibility
to do what nobody has done.

00:34:12.328 --> 00:34:14.960
When Chuck Yeager broke
the speed of sound,

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.700
he had a broken rib.

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:20.427
All these things were
absolutely incredible feats.

00:34:20.427 --> 00:34:23.100
- [Peter] I think it's very
dangerous with this

00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:28.100
heroic speech to encourage
people to take a wrong decision

00:34:28.690 --> 00:34:33.336
because we never have the
story of those who got killed.

00:34:44.190 --> 00:34:48.320
- [Peter] Nobody in the
future will understand

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:52.090
that two managers can
go against a whole team,

00:34:52.090 --> 00:34:54.900
and you really force
us to support something

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.660
that nobody wants to do.

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:58.930
- I just want to make
one point very clear,

00:34:58.930 --> 00:35:01.760
there's only so much we
can do to support you

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:03.864
from here from the ground,
so when you decide to go on

00:35:03.864 --> 00:35:07.210
you will be on your own up there.

00:35:07.210 --> 00:35:10.990
- This is Captain speaking,
we have to start to climb now

00:35:10.990 --> 00:35:14.191
if we want to have a chance
to respect the profile.

00:35:14.191 --> 00:35:15.583
- Go.

00:35:15.583 --> 00:35:16.916
- Climb.
- Climb.

00:35:38.675 --> 00:35:42.592
(speaking in foreign language)

00:36:07.213 --> 00:36:08.046
- From an engineering
point of view

00:36:08.046 --> 00:36:09.517
it was the wrong decision.

00:36:09.517 --> 00:36:13.080
That you still can make
it is like, I don't know,

00:36:13.080 --> 00:36:14.860
driving with a flat tire.

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:17.573
- You have to be lucky from
a certain point of view.

00:36:19.658 --> 00:36:22.853
But it's their decision.

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:35.220
- We saved the project by
deciding not to return to Japan.

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:37.610
On the other hand, you
have some of the engineers

00:36:37.610 --> 00:36:38.540
who are so pissed off

00:36:38.540 --> 00:36:41.110
because we did not follow
their recommendation.

00:36:41.110 --> 00:36:43.340
They want to leave the project,

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:45.690
and I don't know what
will happen after Hawaii.

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:50.760
There are moments where you
have to take some risks

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:54.260
if you want to achieve something
that has never been done.

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:56.080
Otherwise, we stay in the armchair

00:36:56.080 --> 00:37:00.410
and we wait until we're old
and we die, and we do nothing.

00:37:01.836 --> 00:37:04.919
(plane engine humming)

00:37:07.901 --> 00:37:10.568
(alarm beeping)

00:37:20.832 --> 00:37:25.553
- A lot of wake-up calls
in this airplane.

00:37:26.814 --> 00:37:29.397
(pensive instrumental music)

00:37:31.210 --> 00:37:34.710
The first night was about
digesting the emotion

00:37:34.710 --> 00:37:37.183
of the first day, it was really tense.

00:37:38.255 --> 00:37:40.650
Then I look out I see the
moon, I see the clouds

00:37:40.650 --> 00:37:42.203
here over the Pacific.

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:45.257
I think I feel a bit high.

00:38:05.618 --> 00:38:06.980
- We need to burn more energy.

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:09.240
- It's a risky game to--

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:10.073
- I know.

00:38:12.457 --> 00:38:16.050
- Due to the flight profile
we did on the first day,

00:38:16.050 --> 00:38:17.610
the batteries got too warm.

00:38:17.610 --> 00:38:21.500
If it sums up over the days,
it can become really too hot.

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:26.043
They can start to burn.

00:38:43.570 --> 00:38:46.990
- The first two nights he
had three hours of sleep,

00:38:46.990 --> 00:38:48.200
that's okay.

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:50.410
But we don't know what's
gonna happen on day four

00:38:50.410 --> 00:38:52.663
if you keep that
rhythm, and day five.

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:59.160
So we climb every day the
equivalent of sea level

00:38:59.160 --> 00:39:02.513
straight up to Mount Everest,
no acclimatization.

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:08.100
If you don't have enough oxygen,
there is a risk of hypoxia.

00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:11.810
Within 60 seconds, will
lead to a severe degradation

00:39:11.810 --> 00:39:16.094
in your ability to understand
what's going on around you.

00:39:16.094 --> 00:39:21.094
You become euphoric, then very
quickly you will pass out.

00:39:22.543 --> 00:39:25.380
(deep breathing)

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:29.000
We're watching to see how his
body is absorbing the oxygen.

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:31.430
Is he actually getting enough?

00:39:31.430 --> 00:39:34.110
And you're constantly listening
to this (mimics deep breathing)

00:39:36.683 --> 00:39:41.683
You hold your breath and hope
he breaths, and you keep going.

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:52.220
- Pilot status, mood, he's
exhausted, not as good as it was.

00:39:52.643 --> 00:39:56.224
- We have a pilot that is
starting to show signs of fatigue.

00:39:56.224 --> 00:40:00.170
We have batteries that will
not take a lot more abuse.

00:40:00.170 --> 00:40:02.840
We see that all the
systems are stressed, yeah.

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:04.470
The flight is not over.

00:40:04.470 --> 00:40:08.110
- Quite intense, you have to
perform because it's real time.

00:40:08.110 --> 00:40:09.797
As an engineer, you are used to,

00:40:09.797 --> 00:40:11.840
"Okay, I solved the equation today,

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:13.210
and if I don't solve it today

00:40:13.210 --> 00:40:15.000
then I'm going to solve it tomorrow."

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:17.260
And this is totally different.

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:20.200
I'm kind of happy that it's soon over.

00:40:21.063 --> 00:40:24.146
(plane engine whirring)

00:40:25.130 --> 00:40:26.780
- So now preparation for landing.

00:40:27.790 --> 00:40:29.822
Was thinking about all this,

00:40:29.822 --> 00:40:31.629
then I cried quite loud.

00:40:31.629 --> 00:40:34.370
A little bit ridiculous, you know,
alone in the cockpit crying.

00:40:34.370 --> 00:40:37.977
Everything is going well,
but it was so intense.

00:40:40.526 --> 00:40:42.550
- [Female Reporter] This will
be the furthest a solar plane

00:40:42.550 --> 00:40:46.610
has ever flown, as well as the
longest lasting solar flight

00:40:46.610 --> 00:40:48.390
in aviation history.

00:41:00.600 --> 00:41:04.517
(speaking in foreign language)

00:41:10.493 --> 00:41:13.076
(crowd cheering)

00:41:17.712 --> 00:41:20.629
(triumphant instrumental music)

00:41:31.606 --> 00:41:35.523
- [Mission Control] Aircraft secure.
- Andre!

00:41:39.716 --> 00:41:42.299
(group cheering)

00:41:55.388 --> 00:41:59.240
- I received so much support
from people I didn't know.

00:41:59.240 --> 00:42:01.680
And the beautiful messages,
so when you read this

00:42:01.680 --> 00:42:06.200
you know that people
are supporting you.

00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:10.223
And that was carried by
by all this, I'm sure.

00:42:13.160 --> 00:42:17.070
- All of us were very lucky
to have the pilot back.

00:42:17.070 --> 00:42:20.090
But when this decision came
up that Andre and Bertrand

00:42:20.090 --> 00:42:24.220
wanna continue, it hurt us in the soul

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:27.453
that somebody decided against us.

00:42:29.524 --> 00:42:33.840
- I was fully in opposition
to Andre and Bertrand.

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:36.850
The engineers tried to
set reasonable limits

00:42:36.850 --> 00:42:37.840
that you survive.

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:40.570
And your target is always

00:42:40.570 --> 00:42:43.853
to sort of prove us that we
set the limits too narrow.

00:42:48.416 --> 00:42:53.416
(speaking foreign language)
(device beeping)

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:57.473
- The concern about the batteries
is that they are damaged.

00:42:59.290 --> 00:43:01.420
At the moment you're on
the worst case scenario

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:05.860
where we have to exchange
some cells in the batteries,

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:08.658
which this is a nightmare.

00:43:08.658 --> 00:43:11.241
(gentle piano music)

00:43:14.530 --> 00:43:19.530
- We have overheated the
batteries, more cells are damaged

00:43:20.060 --> 00:43:21.773
than the spare parts we have.

00:43:23.365 --> 00:43:27.130
So the logical consequence
is that we will stay here

00:43:27.130 --> 00:43:29.353
until next April where we can continue.

00:43:43.208 --> 00:43:45.625
(heavy thudding)

00:44:01.050 --> 00:44:04.663
Last year I was too
much emotionally involved.

00:44:05.680 --> 00:44:08.100
I was thinking it's now or never.

00:44:08.100 --> 00:44:11.350
I was completely the
head under the water,

00:44:11.350 --> 00:44:15.020
which is really not good for flying
an airplane over oceans, you know.

00:44:15.020 --> 00:44:19.030
- Good morning Betrand, this
is Kristoff, how are you?

00:44:19.030 --> 00:44:22.361
- I'm fine, I had four
hours of good sleep.

00:44:22.361 --> 00:44:24.149
- Very good.

00:44:24.149 --> 00:44:27.760
- My father and my
grandfather gave me the drive

00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:29.063
to be an explorer.

00:44:30.435 --> 00:44:35.313
But my mother showed me the
need to give it meaning.

00:44:37.590 --> 00:44:40.950
We were extremely close,
like two human beings

00:44:40.950 --> 00:44:45.443
in quest of understanding
why we were on this earth.

00:44:50.064 --> 00:44:50.897
- Wonderful.

00:44:52.356 --> 00:44:54.747
Have a great flight Betrand, enjoy it!

00:44:54.747 --> 00:44:57.143
And don't forget to come down!

00:44:59.590 --> 00:45:02.220
- People are always thinking
I am the wife,

00:45:02.220 --> 00:45:04.423
I should have this fear.

00:45:09.430 --> 00:45:12.333
When Betrand did his around
the world balloon flight,

00:45:12.333 --> 00:45:15.153
our children were very small.

00:45:18.130 --> 00:45:21.883
At this age children,
they don't have any fear.

00:45:24.090 --> 00:45:26.570
They are just living the present moment,

00:45:26.570 --> 00:45:31.558
and I just realized I should
not give them this fear.

00:45:31.558 --> 00:45:34.391
(reverent instrumental music)

00:45:58.637 --> 00:46:01.870
- First sunrise over a sea of clouds,

00:46:01.870 --> 00:46:06.433
that's the sunrise I
will remember all my life.

00:46:06.433 --> 00:46:07.419
(monitor ringing)

00:46:07.419 --> 00:46:09.960
Switching on the solar generators.

00:46:14.967 --> 00:46:16.893
I can show you my little house.

00:46:18.210 --> 00:46:21.590
That's the kitchen,
where I prepare my food.

00:46:21.590 --> 00:46:23.923
The toilet is inside the seat.

00:46:24.810 --> 00:46:27.833
That's the cellar, breakfast.

00:46:28.903 --> 00:46:32.653
The family, Estelle, Oriane
and Solange. Michelle.

00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:44.490
- Hello Solar Impulse,
hello Captain Piccard.

00:46:44.490 --> 00:46:46.810
- Good afternoon,
Mr. Secretary General.

00:46:46.810 --> 00:46:50.150
I speak to you from the
cockpit of Solar Impulse

00:46:50.150 --> 00:46:54.420
in the middle of the Pacific,
flying on solar power.

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:56.700
All this airplane is like a smart grid,

00:46:56.700 --> 00:46:59.180
collecting energy, distributing energy

00:46:59.180 --> 00:47:01.660
with very, very high efficiency.

00:47:01.660 --> 00:47:04.960
And this is exactly
what the world needs.

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:09.830
- Wonderful, you look like
an astronaut in the moon.

00:47:09.830 --> 00:47:11.890
- Thank you, Mr. Secretary General,

00:47:11.890 --> 00:47:14.615
and congratulation for
what you are doing.

00:47:14.615 --> 00:47:15.920
The world will remember it.

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:18.400
- While you are making history,

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:21.558
we have also made history today.

00:47:21.558 --> 00:47:26.558
More than 175 countries signed
the climate change agreement.

00:47:27.740 --> 00:47:31.210
Thank you for your
leadership and inspiration.

00:47:31.210 --> 00:47:33.952
All the best to you, bon voyage.

00:47:33.952 --> 00:47:36.702
(assembly clapping)

00:47:44.187 --> 00:47:49.050
- And the sun's going to
arrive in a few minutes

00:47:49.050 --> 00:47:51.007
to carry me to San Francisco.

00:47:53.010 --> 00:47:56.927
(speaking in foreign language)

00:48:15.133 --> 00:48:20.633
14 lost years of attempts,
of setbacks, of problems.

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:24.720
It was worth going
through all these moments

00:48:24.720 --> 00:48:27.033
just to be here now.

00:48:43.740 --> 00:48:45.980
- This is the moment where you start

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:50.157
to see electric power taking off.

00:48:52.317 --> 00:48:55.484
(plane engine whistling)

00:49:05.530 --> 00:49:08.320
- When people think fuel is forever,

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:13.320
they forget the Gold Rush a hundred
years ago and the ghost towns.

00:49:16.820 --> 00:49:20.890
I'm not saying Solar Impulse
will replace an airplane

00:49:20.890 --> 00:49:22.420
like that very soon.

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:27.100
In 10 years time, we have
airplanes flying electric

00:49:27.100 --> 00:49:32.040
with batteries plugged in
the grid before takeoff,

00:49:32.040 --> 00:49:33.983
and they will transport 50 people.

00:49:36.430 --> 00:49:39.400
Ladies and gentlemen, you
are now doing your last flights

00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:41.930
on a combustion engine airplane.

00:49:41.930 --> 00:49:45.601
In the future you will
be flying electric.

00:49:45.601 --> 00:49:48.434
(uplifting instrumental music)

00:49:58.760 --> 00:50:00.522
When you're in the
middle of the unknown,

00:50:00.522 --> 00:50:02.610
you have these moments of grace.

00:50:02.610 --> 00:50:07.080
You are at that moment like
you would like to be forever.

00:50:26.700 --> 00:50:29.220
- [Female Reporter] An airplane
powered solely by the sun

00:50:29.220 --> 00:50:33.750
has made aviation history after
an almost three day flight

00:50:33.750 --> 00:50:35.410
across the Atlantic from New York.

00:50:35.410 --> 00:50:36.243
- [Male Reporter] From Seville,

00:50:36.243 --> 00:50:38.820
the aircraft will continue
its journey back to Abu Dhabi,

00:50:38.820 --> 00:50:41.543
where it all began for
this extraordinary project.

00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:55.060
- When I flew yesterday
over the pyramids,

00:50:55.060 --> 00:50:57.663
they were just emerging out of the haze.

00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:05.320
I guess it was exactly the same
as they were 4500 years ago.

00:51:07.290 --> 00:51:09.990
They believed in eternal life.

00:51:09.990 --> 00:51:12.453
And for me, it's a symbol of eternity.

00:51:14.730 --> 00:51:18.030
Solar Impulse is also
intended to be a symbol.

00:51:18.030 --> 00:51:20.835
A symbol about sustainability,
a symbol about the potential

00:51:20.835 --> 00:51:22.503
of renewable energy.

00:51:26.570 --> 00:51:28.060
If you build something like this,

00:51:28.060 --> 00:51:31.718
which is done to be forever,
it's not necessarily the

00:51:31.718 --> 00:51:33.933
solution we should go for.

00:51:35.200 --> 00:51:39.030
Sustainability means that
you stay in line with nature,

00:51:39.880 --> 00:51:41.517
and I'm not sure if the way we build

00:51:41.517 --> 00:51:43.203
takes this into account.

00:51:47.214 --> 00:51:51.090
- There are so many mixed
thoughts and feelings right now

00:51:51.090 --> 00:51:52.090
that it's difficult.

00:51:53.268 --> 00:51:55.890
After this flight, it's over.

00:51:55.890 --> 00:51:58.743
So it's like a family
that's going to split.

00:52:00.700 --> 00:52:02.660
But there's the message,

00:52:02.660 --> 00:52:05.850
and what we have to
do out of this flight.

00:52:05.850 --> 00:52:09.703
And I'm working since years
for that, and for that moment,

00:52:10.560 --> 00:52:14.203
and I want to be sure not to waste it.

00:52:18.550 --> 00:52:20.751
I've never been in a project that gave

00:52:20.751 --> 00:52:25.470
as many moments of elation
and moments of disappointment.

00:52:25.470 --> 00:52:27.280
It's really strange.

00:52:34.223 --> 00:52:38.140
(speaking in foreign language)

00:52:43.704 --> 00:52:46.787
(plane engine whistling)

00:52:58.781 --> 00:53:01.531
(crowd cheering)

00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:21.693
- As we told you, the night
might be quite tough for you.

00:53:31.980 --> 00:53:33.051
We can't save the planet

00:53:33.051 --> 00:53:35.930
with one plane flying around the world,

00:53:35.930 --> 00:53:39.090
but maybe it inspires many people

00:53:39.090 --> 00:53:41.070
to start solving problems instead.

00:53:41.070 --> 00:53:43.873
Then maybe it was worth all the stress.

00:53:57.800 --> 00:54:01.723
- When Andre took off the
ninth of March last year,

00:54:02.900 --> 00:54:06.270
I was thinking, we are completely crazy.

00:54:06.270 --> 00:54:08.420
And a year and a half later,

00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:10.870
you see the result of
what our team has achieved

00:54:10.870 --> 00:54:12.633
because they accepted to dream.

00:54:14.410 --> 00:54:17.570
And when you see the
state of the world today,

00:54:17.570 --> 00:54:21.410
it is a crime not to try something,

00:54:21.410 --> 00:54:26.153
not to try to increase quality
of life on this planet.

00:54:28.910 --> 00:54:33.910
We love to fly, for others
it's an art, in science,

00:54:34.330 --> 00:54:38.323
in the community, but we have to try.

00:54:43.330 --> 00:54:46.110
- What I remember is to
be on this runway

00:54:46.110 --> 00:54:49.389
15 months ago, exactly at this position,

00:54:49.389 --> 00:54:53.027
ready for the flight around the world.

00:54:53.027 --> 00:54:55.348
Not knowing what would happen,

00:54:55.348 --> 00:54:57.830
not knowing how much
time it would take.

00:54:57.830 --> 00:55:01.003
Just go, just go and start.

00:55:05.050 --> 00:55:06.680
And seeing the airplane coming,

00:55:06.680 --> 00:55:09.163
it's like slowing down the time.

00:55:10.790 --> 00:55:13.657
It's really, really strong.

00:55:22.732 --> 00:55:24.065
Oh, we did it! Wonderful!

00:55:28.957 --> 00:55:31.540
(group cheering)

00:56:08.092 --> 00:56:09.854
(camera shutters clicking)

00:56:32.584 --> 00:56:35.167
(crowd cheering)

00:56:56.421 --> 00:56:59.254
(uplifting instrumental music)