I thought that the Solar plane that Nasa flew went from Ca to Australia.
It wasn't going around the world it was doing long loops.

It was using the special solar cells that Cypress Semi developed and
spun off. Very efficient. This one might be using the same cells.

Martin

On 7/3/2015 12:23 PM, 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/