A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said. The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website. Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
The record-breaking Solar Impulse plane will be grounded in Hawaii for no less than two weeks in view of battery harm. The sunlight based fueled vehicle overheated its electrical stockpiling units amid the memorable, five-day crossing from Japan. Designers are attempting to alter the plane however are not certain yet in the event that new parts will be expected to get it move down into the air once more.
Pilot Andre Borschberg crushed flight records when he guided
Solar Impulse from Nagoya to Kalaeloa toward the start of the month. Flying just on the force of the Sun, he finished the 7,200km in 118 hours.Not just did this set a few new stamps for kept an eye on sun powered planes, however it surpassed without any difficulty the supreme flying record for the longest solo flight in an un-refueled vehicle. Be that as it may, in accomplishing this mammoth deed, Mr Borschberg's plane experienced harming overheating in its lithium-particle battery framework. Despite the fact that the units executed of course, they had an excess of protection around them, making temperature administration extremely troublesome.
The Solar Impulse group says it will issue another notice in the following couple of days when designers have had sufficient energy to survey the issues. On the off chance that new parts are required, it is not sure they will promptly be accessible. Mr Borschberg and his accomplice on the task, Bertrand Piccard, have utilized their time as a part of Hawaii to further spread their message on the significance of clean advancements. It is Mr Piccard why should due fly the following leg of the round-the-world mission, from Kalaeloa to Phoenix, Arizona.
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