<p>Solar Impulse-2, claimed to be the world's first 'no fuel' aircraft, which arrived here on a round-the-world trip on March 10, has delayed its departure due to the cloudy weather conditions.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The aircraft will remain at the city airport until Tuesday due to bad weather conditions," Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport Director R K Singh said.<br /><br />"D-4 (departure minus four) before RTW (Round the world) Flight 3 from Ahmedabad to Varanasi, India," said Solar Impulse-2 project's Twitter handle.<br /><br />The aircraft does not use "a drop of fuel", according to the project website. It runs on lithium batteries that are charged by solar cells on its wings.<br /><br />Many parts of Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, have had unseasonal rains and overcast skies in the last two days.<br /><br />Meteorological Centre, Ahmedabad, said the state was likely to witness light rains and thundershowers for another two days due to "upper air-cyclonic circulation that lies over South Pakistan and adjoining west Rajasthan".<br /><br />The aircraft started its journey on March 9 from Abu Dhabi. Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard flew the plane from Muscat to Ahmedabad on Tuesday night after a fifteen-hour flight.<br /><br />Both Piccard and Andre Borschberg, the project's founders and pilots, are in the city at present.<br /><br />From Varanasi, the SI-2 would fly on to Mandalay in Myanmar, Chongqing and Nanjing in China and thereon to USA. </p>
<p>Solar Impulse-2, claimed to be the world's first 'no fuel' aircraft, which arrived here on a round-the-world trip on March 10, has delayed its departure due to the cloudy weather conditions.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The aircraft will remain at the city airport until Tuesday due to bad weather conditions," Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport Director R K Singh said.<br /><br />"D-4 (departure minus four) before RTW (Round the world) Flight 3 from Ahmedabad to Varanasi, India," said Solar Impulse-2 project's Twitter handle.<br /><br />The aircraft does not use "a drop of fuel", according to the project website. It runs on lithium batteries that are charged by solar cells on its wings.<br /><br />Many parts of Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, have had unseasonal rains and overcast skies in the last two days.<br /><br />Meteorological Centre, Ahmedabad, said the state was likely to witness light rains and thundershowers for another two days due to "upper air-cyclonic circulation that lies over South Pakistan and adjoining west Rajasthan".<br /><br />The aircraft started its journey on March 9 from Abu Dhabi. Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard flew the plane from Muscat to Ahmedabad on Tuesday night after a fifteen-hour flight.<br /><br />Both Piccard and Andre Borschberg, the project's founders and pilots, are in the city at present.<br /><br />From Varanasi, the SI-2 would fly on to Mandalay in Myanmar, Chongqing and Nanjing in China and thereon to USA. </p>