Desc: Solar Impulse: The Wings of the Sun: Directed by Henri de Gerlache. With Bertrand Piccard, André Borschberg, Veronique Vandeven. Solar Impulse, the Swiss solar-powered airplane is the size of an Airbus A380 and the weight of a car, with wings, 64 meters wide, covered with a 'skin' of solar cells. It can carry a pilot and aims to do a non-stop day-night-day sequence.