Nearly 120 flight hours over the Pacific Ocean in the only solar energy: the plane Solar Impulse 2 landed shortly before 18 hours (Paris time) on Friday 3 July in Hawaii (USA), after a crossing more than 8 000 km, beating the world record for solo flight. The experimental aircraft landed at Kalaeloa Airport on the main island of Oahu, about 30 kilometers west of Honolulu, nearly 118 hours after leaving Nagoya, Japan.
A few hours before landing, André Borschberg had already largely established solo beat the previous world record flight in 2006 by Steve Fossett , who had stolen only for 76 hours and 45 minutes (a little more than three days).
The plane, which had also had to wait one month ago in China, was away on March 9 Abu Dhabi for a world tour, the first aircraft powered by solar energy. He must travel 35,000 Total mileage to promote the use of renewable energy.
The plane, whose wings are covered with photovoltaic cells, charging its batteries during the day, allowing him to continue flying at night.
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