As from today, this project of Swisscom, Solar Impulse and myclimate is open to pupils in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Since its launch in September 2010, the initiative has allowed 2500 schoolchildren from the German-speaking part of Switzerland to carry out 140 climate-related projects.

The Marché-Neuf School in Bienne has already taken part in this initiative and will be followed by Lausanne, Belmont-sur-Lausanne and Porrentruy. For classes also wanting to do a project aimed at protecting the climate and to receive support in developing their ideas and putting them into practice, the foundation offers introductory lessons together with a range of learning materials.

Are you a pupil or a teacher from kindergarten upwards in the French-speaking part of Switzerland? Does this project interest you? Invite myclimate free into you class by sending an email to the following address: pionniers.duclimat@myclimate.org.

Bertrand and André are proud to be the promoters of this initiative and were delighted to reveal the projects for this year 2012 at the prize-giving ceremony. 

I have in fact found it rather amusing to watch the excitement, even nervousness at times, of the medical teams over the past few days. They lay in wait for the slightest sign of failing in order to respond immediately, but I knew only too well there would be none!

With the yoga exercises in the simulator, André was as much a fakir as a pilot, and a fakir never cuts himself with his sword...!

The other aim of the exercise was to train the task team in situations of fatigue and stress. Once again, total success was achieved. Proof of this is the atmosphere of solidarity and concentration that brought all the participants together over the 72 hour period, which is already fostering feelings of nostalgia in them all.

We will see over the next few days whether some of them come to the task centre for a few hours a day to avoid too abrupt a withdrawal! You too should manage the withdrawal ahead of the flying tasks this Spring over the Mediterranean.

Great team spirit happening! The only causality thus far is the coffee machine, which has been working non-stop and could really use a 100'000 km check up!

A last burst of energy and inspiration to share with you the last subject on my list I absolutely need to learn a little "endurance" from André.

One of all the many aspects in keeping André sustainable for so long is the cockpit. This week we have been testing a prototype cockpit for the 2^nd airplane. Compared to the 1^st cockpit in HB SIA, this is definitely upgrade from economy to business class!

In collaboration with Lantal, a partner company, a special seat was developed and tested during the simulation. This seat is built with an inflatable pneumatic technology offers several positions (flying, relaxation and resting) and has an integrated toilet. Wow, no morewaiting in line to go to the bathroom!

As to avoid any health issues that can arrive from immobility, André has been pursuing a series of exercises developed by Doctors and Osteopath from Hirslanden. Watching these exercises on our screens from André's on-board cameras, these look really strange and one may wonder what he is really up to ! Actually my theory is that he is using some of those techniques he picked up in India.

Landing expected at 08h00 (UTC+1). Go for it André, less than 90 minutes left.

And for Bertrand, we will see you later this year here in the simulator. But in the meantime we have a few real flightscoming up soon