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“Over land, you always have alternate airports,” said André Borschberg, two days before embarking on the first-ever flight across the Pacific Ocean in a solar-powered airplane. “The major challenge starts now.”
Borschberg will spend five consecutive days inside the tiny cockpit of the Solar Impulse 2 as he flies from Nanjing, China, to Hawaii, the first U.S. stop for the Solar Impulse 2’s round-the-world trip. From Hawaii, his co-pilot Bertrand Piccard will take over, piloting the dragonfly-like aircraft from Hawaii to Phoenix, Arizona. Eventually, they plan to return to Abu Dhabi where the journey began in March.
Borschberg says preparation for these long overseas portions of the trip began years ago, with the design of the airplane.
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http://mashable.com/2015/05/05/solar-impulse-pacific-crossing/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link
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