On 7/3/2015 12:48 PM, 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 agree, its as pointless as what the Wright brothers or Lindbergh did.
The Wright brothers' plane was only in the air for about a minute and
Lindbergh didn't carry paying passengers or cargo.

Why did they even bother? Fortunately, history has forgotten them.

David