This Sunday the Slovenian biologist Matevz Lenarcic began a flight where he plans to go around the world of 100,000 kilometers using an ultralight with the lowest possible fuel consumption.
Matevz Lenarcic is 53 years old, is a biologist, paraglider mountaineer and pilot, says that his goal is to give everyone an example of energy saving and preservation of the planet, he also comments that it is his way of doing his bit for the care of the environment and create awareness in all people.
Which plane do you use?
An ultralight Virus-SW914 built by the Slovenian company Pipistrel specialized in light aircraft, a company that won in 2001 the NASA award for ecological aviation for having traveled 200 miles in less than two hours with only 3.79 liters of fuel.
On Sunday he took flight from Ljubljana, 100.ooo km, six continents, three oceans, 120 national parks, Antarctica, Everest and all this in two and a half months await him.
Authors: Santiago
