Encountering clouds might be a little nerve-racking, but a single-seater aircraft equipped with solar panels took off from Switzerland on Thursday. It aims to reach North Africa next week. 

Read The Guardian’s story here: 

Fog on the runaway at its home base in Payerne, Switzerland, delayed the take off by two hours, demonstrating how susceptible the prototype single-seater aircraft is to adverse weather.

“We can’t fly into clouds because it was not designed for that,” Borschberg said as he piloted the plane with its 63meter (207ft) wingspan towards the French city of Lyon at a cruising speed of just 43.5mph.