Andre Borschberg
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Solar Impulse co-founder and co-pilot André Borschberg, was fascinated by aviation as a child. Trained to fly at the Swiss Air Force School, he has professional licenses to pilot both airplanes and helicopters.
As a mechanical engineer and MIT graduate in management science, Borschberg has also started and managed several companies, including a risk capital venture and two technology firms. Like Piccard, he's devoted himself to social causes and has worked on behalf of Restos du Coeur (Restaurants of the Heart), a French charitable group that distributes food to the poor and homeless.
Caption by Lance Whitney
July 3, 2009 11:00 AM PDT
Photo by: Francis Demange (Gamma) - used with permission from Solar Impulse
