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Solar Impulse airplane (2) landed in the Silicon Valley completing the crossing of the Pacific Ocean

Mountain View, Usa - Flight time: 62 hours 29 minutes

Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) – the first solar airplane capable of flying day and night without using a drop of fuel – left Hawaii on 21 April at 6:15 am local time (UTC-10) and landed at the Moffett Airfield on 23 April at 11:44 pm local time (UTC-7), completing the crossing of the Pacific Ocean with several world records. By attempting the first solar flight around the world, pushing back the boundaries of...

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Rome, Italy, 04/26/2016 13:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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