Can an airplane flying during the day and night really cross the United States running only on solar power? The team at Solar Impulse is setting out to prove it's possible — and Mashable spoke with one of the pilots live as he flew from Phoenix to Dallas.
Solar Impulse pilot André Borschberg talked with us via in-cockpit satellite phone about keeping focus during the approximately 18-hour stretches of flight. We also chatted about the alternative power revolution that he and fellow pilot Bertrand Piccard want to inspire with their potentially record-setting aeronautical quest.
Borschberg landed in Dallas-Fort Worth Thursday morning after an 18 hour, 21 minute flight from Phoenix, Ariz. The 832-nautical-mile trip was the second in Solar Impulse's five-leg odyssey from California to New York. Read more...
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