Three days after taking off from New York, the solar-powered plane ''Impulse II'' landed today in the Spanish city of Seville, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The plane, a single-seater piloted in turns by the Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, arrived to the San Pablo airport in Seville early on Thursday, having flown 6272 kilometers.
Three days after taking off from New York, the solar-powered plane ''Impulse II'' landed today in the Spanish city of Seville, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The plane, a single-seater piloted in turns by the Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, arrived to the San Pablo airport in Seville early on Thursday, having flown 6272 kilometers.
It took two days, 23 hours and 10 minutes to cross the North Atlantic after its take-off from JFK airport in New York, in the early hours of Monday.
The journey was the fifteenth leg around the world by the Solar Impulse II, which is able to fly day and night without using fossil fuel.
The journey of almost 6300 km (a little over 3900 miles), is considered one of the most difficult legs of the project of circumnavigating the earth in a solar-powered aircraft, due to the duration, weather conditions and the heavy air traffic.
On its arrival in southern Spain, the aircraft completed the 15th leg of its flight around the planet, which is aimed at promoting renewable energy.
Source: PL