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A Solar-Powered Plane Has Completed The First Ever Trans-Atlantic Flight

A Solar-Powered Plane Has Completed The First Ever Trans-Atlantic Flight

by The Daily Eye Team June 25 2016, 11:02 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secs

Setting off from New York at 2:30 AM on June 20, 2016, pilot Bertrand Piccard spent a total of 71 hours and 8 minutes in the air, flying at 28,000 feet and covering a distance of 4,203 miles before landing in Seville, Spain, at 7:38 AM local time.
“Crossing the Atlantic ocean is challenging. The plane is sensitive to turbulence, so we have to plan the route carefully and identify the perfect weather window,” Alexandra Gindroz, head of Solar Impulse’s media relations, told me over the phone.

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