Originally Posted by
Dubaian
Re funding - an earlier poster says it's private? Don't think so. Most (if not all...?) of it is from Masdar / Mubadala - which are Abu Dhabi Govt organisations.
Here's a list of their partners
Solar Impulse RTW. Not all are large financial contributors - for example ICAO gave no money, but technical assistance. IATA gave a small bit of cash, etc. The Swiss government, gave them access to a disused hangar at Payerne.
No doubt the UAE contributed a lot of money. That's what they had to do for the 'prestige' of being the origin/destination.