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.
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