Solar-Powered Plane Sets Record For Longest Flight Without Refueling

Geo Beats 2015-07-02

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Flying the Solar Impulse 2, a sun-powered plane, Swiss pilot André Borschberg has broken the record for longest solo flight without refueling.

While flying the sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2, Swiss pilot André Borschberg has broken the record for longest solo flight without refueling. 
Though he surpassed the previous title-holding duration at 76 hours, he’s still got a ways to travel before he touches down at his Hawaiian destination. 
By the time the journey is completed, he will have been in the air for 5 days. 
He departed from Japan on June 28th.

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