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Innovation And Perseverance Were Key To The First Trans-Atlantic Solar Flight

Innovation And Perseverance Were Key To The First Trans-Atlantic Solar Flight

by The Daily Eye Team November 2 2016, 4:09 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 31 secs

Bertrand Piccard is a dreamer. The Swiss psychiatrist, inspired by a family lineage of explorers and innovators, holds the record for the first non-stop balloon flight across the globe. Now, along with his partner André Borschberg, he also holds the distinction of completing the first ever Trans-Atlantic solar powered flight.
Piccard’s achievement is notable not only because of the grandeur of the feat, but also because of the message that the feat conveys. The flight demonstrates alternative energy as a viable means to a brighter future–spreading the word about energy-saving technologies.

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Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri


Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri is a film buff and an editor. Books commissioned and edited by him have won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema twice and the inaugural MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images) Award for Best Writing on Cinema. In 2017, he was named Editor of the Year by the apex publishing body, Publishing Next. He has written for the online magazine Film Companion. He is a consultant, writer and editor for the newly launched film website Cinemaazi.com. He is the author of two books: Whims – A Book of Poems (published by Writers Workshop) and Icons from Bollywood (published by Penguin/Puffin).    


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