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Record-breaking solar flight reaches Hawaii after 5 nights and days airborne without fuel
2015-07-03 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The longest and most difficult leg of the Round the World Solar Flight attempted since last March by Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg ended successfully in Hawaii. At the controls of Solar Impulse 2, pilot André Borschberg landed safely in Hawaii after flying 117 hours and 52 minutes over the Pacific Ocean from Japan powered only by the sun. A historic landing took place in Hawaii after a perilous nonstop flight for 5 days and 5 nights. With the sun rising this morning at...
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