A solar-powered aircraft has completed its history-making cross-country trip over the United States.
The experimental Solar Impulse landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport late Saturday, three hours ahead of schedule after an unexpected tear was found on its left wing. The plane’s mission team said neither the pilot nor the aircraft appeared to be in danger, but an early landing was planned anyway.
The team called the tear an obstacle that pilot André Borschberg “skillfully faced.”
Powered by about 11,000 solar cells, the Swiss-made Solar Impulse started its path across the U.S. in San Francisco in early May, making stopovers in five cities before finishing its journey in New York. The plane took off for New York from a suburban Washington airport before daybreak Saturday.
The two-month flight was a test for a planned 2015 flight around the Earth with a more powerful version of the aircraft.
Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.
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It's amazing how much science has gone. I mean, it's one thing to use solar panels to heat up water or provide part of the electricity used in a home, but this is simply incredible.
this is awesome! I wouldn't have had the guts to get in a plane that could crash when cloudy, haha, but this really is an amazing invention!
Wow, I never knew solar panels could produce so much energy so fast!
agreed with you 100%
this is amazing! Too bad solar power is not a constant source of energy, this is the only real problem with it
It's worrying that we only find out about this now. This means they've been working on it behind our backs the whole time
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