On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:48:41 -0400, "Steve W."
wrote:

Ed Huntress wrote:
One would have to be pretty jaded or cynical not to be impressed by
this. The Solar Impulse 2 made it from Japan to Hawaii:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/...acific-flight/


Guess I'm both then. 240 hours or so to fly 1 person on a flight that
takes about 12 hours to fly 200+. And they had to wait for perfect
conditions to do it.

I guess you are. Doing it on sunlight alone is a remarkable technical
achievement.

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Ed Huntress