Lame Solar Impulse waits out weather before take-off for Hawaii

TOKYO (AP) - Ultimately when it comes to adventure, however advanced the technology, the weather holds the trump card.
A solar-powered plane attempting to circle the globe without a drop of fuel was sitting in Japan on Tuesday waiting out unexpectedly bad weather after making an unplanned landing.
Swiss pilot André Borschberg took off from Nanjing, China, on Sunday - Saturday in Asian time zones - on what was to be the longest leg of the journey, a six-day, 8,175-kilometer (5,079-mile) flight to Hawaii.
But he had to land in Japan, and Bertrand Piccard, initiator, chairman and co-pilot of Solar Impulse 2, told the organizer’s live feed, Solar Impulse TV, that the plane will continue its journey to Hawaii when the weather improves.
The team achieved its goal of the longest flight ever of a solar plane going through the night, he said.
“It’s just the weather doesn’t fit. Everything we could do has been done and was successful. What we cannot control is the weather. So we land in Nagoya, we wait for better conditions, and we continue,” Piccard said.

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Lame Solar Impulse waits out weather before take-off for Hawaii

Lame Solar Impulse waits out weather before take-off for Hawaii

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