NEW YORK: A revolutionary zero-fuel solar plane has taken off for a six-day flight over the Pacific Ocean, from China to Hawaii.
The Solar Impulse 2 – which weighs little more than a car – is attempting to become the first aircraft to fly around the world on solar power alone
Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg is likely to take five to six days of continuous flight to reach his central Pacific destination in the Solar Impulse aeroplane, which has a wingspan bigger than a jumbo but weighs little more than a large car, the BBC reported.
Borschberg, whose progress will be monitored the entire way from a control room in Monaco, will try to stay awake for much of that time, taking only short catnaps.
Meteorologists and flight strategists will constantly update him on the best route to follow. The journey is the seventh leg in the single-seat, propeller-driven aircrafts quest to circumnavigate the globe using just the energy of the Sun.
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