We are now attempting the last leg of the round-the-world solar flight. Don't miss out.

Bertrand Piccard took off from Cairo, Egypt at 11:28PM UTC on July 23rd and 1:28AM CEST, 7:28PM EDT on July 24th. "It hasn't been easy for the Mission Control Center to find a favorable takeoff window and it's looking like a challenging flight ahead as we are facing flight configurations that we never experienced before: extreme heat, updrafts and downdrafts".

Bertrand Piccard is facing high turbulences. Working as a team with the Mission Control Center in ‪‎Monaco‬ to find the good altitude to level off.

Follow it live on solarimpulse.com

July 24, 2016 Driving photo: Solar Impulse

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