The plane Solar Impulse 2 piloted by Swiss Andre Borschberg, culminating a journey on the Pacific near 8000 200 kilometers and 120 hours in the air, setting a new world record for solo flight.
“He did it”, reported the organizers of the feat in his Twitter account as the plane powered by the sun touched the ground the American archipelago 16:00 GMT.
Previously, the hydrofoil Solar Impulse piloted by Alain Thébault, a kind of winged trimaran, came to the island after sailing ten days (more than 2 000 215 nautical miles, 4,102 km) from Los Angeles, but without beating the 2005 record of Olivier de Kersauson, as initially hoped the navigator.
“Despite the clearly unfavorable conditions, Alain Thébault and his crew took the decision launching to not miss a historic date “with the plane Solar Impulse 2 hydrofoil team said in a statement.
” A meeting of two monsters of technology, two pioneers in this area, with a single message: “Use clean energy” (use clean energy), “said the text
The hydrofoil, a trimaran of 18.28 meters, sailing slowly, but when the wind speeds stands on his. candles, folded about 45 degrees about oblique planes. In 2009 he set a speed record for sailing over 90 knots (92.6 km / hour).
The plane Solar Impulse 2, which departed from Abu Dhabi earlier this year with the intention of giving around the world with one fuel load, it has 17 000 photovoltaic cells on its wings and a rechargeable battery that allows you to fly at night.
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