The World from PRX

Andre Borschberg

Solar Impulse 2 grounded in Hawaii until 2016
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The record-breaking solar plane, Solar Impulse 2, is grounded in Hawaii
After taking off from Abu Dhabi on March 9, the Solar Impulse 2 has flown across Asia and now more than halfway across the Pacific, with a goal of circumnavigating the world powered only by the 17,000 solar panels on its 236 foot-wide wings.
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