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Experimental Solar-Powered Plane Completes Journey Across The Pacific

Experimental Solar-Powered Plane Completes Journey Across The Pacific Enlarge this image toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Noah Berger/AP Experimental solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Mountain View, Calif., after a three-day flight across the Pacific. the plane's visibly emotional pilot Bertrand Piccard told a cheering crowd at Moffett Airfield, where he landed at 11:44 p.m. local time. The previous leg, a five-day long trip from Japan to Hawaii, broke a world record for the longest duration nonstop solo flight. Sponsor Message #DidYoumissed the landing in Mountain View#California?https: The journey across the Pacific was the ninth leg in their journey, which started in Abu Dhabi.

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