Quotes by Bertrand Piccard

“Theres a lot of stress. Its really not a picnic.”

“Its a living nightmare. Were very sad. Everything seemed so perfect this time.”

“Weve lost a magnificent weather opening. I hope the dream will come true in the next weeks.”

“Its getting tougher and tougher.”

“The Iraqi air traffic controllers were very polite and very helpful,”

“Even as a Swiss pilot, I would be afraid to fly over a country which is in war, and I wouldnt have much pleasure to fly over a country where people are dying under the bombs.”

“We can actually see 3-meter-long (3-yard-long) stalactites, some of them touching the propane burners.”

“I am with the angels and just completely happy, ... We are eternally grateful to the invisible hand that has guided us through this fantastic voyage.”

“Having to land in a bad place. That can happen when there is no wind and your gas starts to run out. You can find yourself blocked over the Alps for two hours and have to land on a forest or a rocky mountain peak.”

“Personally, my best memory is the precise moment between the takeoff and the landing, ... Its 20 days of beautiful moments.”

Im learning kite surfing. Its a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power glider in the air that pulls you. You dont need waves to move, and it makes a big spray of water as you go.

What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.

I came up with idea of a solar airplane flying around the world with no fuel - that would be a beautiful message in terms of technology, the energy of the future and the environment.