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eridani

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Sun Jul 19, 2015, 03:45 AM Jul 2015

Record-Breaking Solar Flight Lands in Hawaii Demonstrating Potential of Carbon-Free Travel

Yes-I know there's a long way to go, but this is still pretty cool.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/31122-record-breaking-solar-flight-lands-in-hawaii-demonstrating-potential-of-carbon-free-travel

It’s official. Solar Impulse has landed in Hawaii breaking the world records for the longest distance and duration for solar aviation, and the world record for the longest solo flight ever.

“On June 28, Si2 took off at 18:03 UTC from Nagoya, with André Borschberg at the controls, for a historic flight over the Pacific ocean to Hawaii. By remaining airborne for five consecutive days and nights, producing its own power with solar energy, Solar Impulse 2 has proven that Bertrand Piccard’s vision of reaching unlimited endurance without fuel was not a crazy dream,” according to a Solar Impulse press statement.

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Record-Breaking Solar Flight Lands in Hawaii Demonstrating Potential of Carbon-Free Travel (Original Post) eridani Jul 2015 OP
and now its grounded there because their technology is not reliable lol nt msongs Jul 2015 #1
No nacent tecnhology is reliable. It's an old engineering sa-- eridani Jul 2015 #2
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