Born of the heritage of the Solar Impulse Foundation and taking it further, Climate Impulse wants to showcase concrete technologies that can revolutionize the aviation industry, and the mobility sector in general. Two Well-Travelled Partners We are all familiar with the exploits of Bertrand Piccard, which include the first circumnavigations of the globe in a balloon and more recently in a solar aircraft. He comes from a family of explorers who have climbed the heights and plumbed the depths of our world. We are probably less familiar with an equally intrepid adventurer, Raphael Dinelli. Dinelli attempted a solar circumnavigation of the globe as part of the 1996-1997 Globe Vendee competition. He didn’t quite make it full circle, sinking in the Indian Ocean. The Australian Air Force dropped a life raft to him and then he was pulled to safety by another competitor, Peter Goss. According to Wikipedia, “He went on to sail with Goss in the 1997 edition of the …
