Solar-powered plane completes historic flight over Pacific – video
by Guardian Staff from Environment | The Guardian on (#1BM82)
The solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 accomplished a 56-hour, record-setting flight over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday night. Pilot Bertrand Piccard guided the plane from Hawaii to San Francisco. The solar aircraft began its journey in March 2015 in Abu Dhabi, and has made stops in Oman, Myanmar, China and Japan. It is the first aircraft to fly day and night without fuel
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