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Solar-Powered Plane Grounded 9 Months in Hawaii by Battery Damage
A solar-powered plane halfway through an attempt to circle the globe will be grounded in Hawaii for at least nine months because of battery damage sustained during its record 118-hour flight to Oahu from Japan, the project team said on Wednesday.
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Solar Impulse 2 Grounded in Hawaii For Repairs
The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft has been grounded in Hawaii, its crew said Saturday, after a grueling five-day, fuel-less flight across the Pacific Ocean overheated its batteries.
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Solar Impulse 2 Lands in Hawaii, Pilot Sets Non-Stop Solo Flight Record
The whole trip from Japan to Hawaii took four days and 22 hours, with the Swiss aviator taking catnaps of only 20 minutes at a time.
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Solar Impulse Sets Record but Faces 'Difficult' Hours
A solar-powered aircraft flying from Japan to Hawaii on the most perilous leg of a round-the-globe bid has beaten the record for the longest solo flight, organizers said on Thursday.
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Solar Impulse Reaches Half Way in Japan-US Leg
A solar-powered aircraft flying between Japan and Hawaii as part of a round-the-world bid passed the halfway point of the perilous Pacific Ocean crossing Wednesday, and smashed its own endurance record.
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Solar Impulse Reaches Quarter Way Point in Japan-US Flight
A solar-powered aircraft on a round-the-world flight was high above the Pacific Ocean today, over a quarter of the way to Hawaii after leaving Japan, the mission website showed.
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Solar Impulse Past 'Point of No Return' From Japan to Hawaii
A revolutionary solar-powered aircraft was past "the point of no return" and flying over the Pacific Ocean bound for Hawaii today, on the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe.
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Solar Impulse 2 Leaves Japan for Hawaii on Delayed Pacific Flight
It is the eighth leg of the circumnavigation, and with nowhere to land after leaving Japan, is considered the riskiest so far.
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Solar Impulse Takes Off on Delayed Pacific Flight
The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft took off early Monday for a flight over the Pacific Ocean, a spokeswoman said, the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun.
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Solar Impulse Could be Stuck in Japan for a Year, Says Pilot
A solar-powered plane attempting to fly around the world must cross the Pacific within a few weeks or it could remain stuck in Japan for a year, its pilot said in an interview published today.
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Solar Impulse Take-Off From Japan Cancelled: Organisers
Mission controllers trying to fly a solar plane around the world cancelled take off from Japan early Wednesday because of weather problems over the Pacific Ocean.
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Solar Impulse Set to Take Off Early Wednesday: Team
A solar-powered plane that has been trapped in Japan for three weeks by the rainy season is set to take off for Hawaii early Wednesday, the team said.
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Solar Impulse Can Wait in Japan for 2 months, Says Pilot
The pilot of a solar-powered plane trapped in Japan by the country's rainy season said today he is prepared to wait two more months for a weather window, but may eventually have to give up for the year.
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Solar Impulse Facing 'Moment of Truth' in Japan, Says Pilot
An ambitious attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a solar-powered plane is facing a "moment of truth" after two weeks of bad weather that have left it stuck in Japan, its pilot said today.
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Solar Impulse 2 Now Fixed but Waiting on Weather
The flight to Hawaii from Japan will be the airplane's eighth and most ambitious leg of a record-breaking attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
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Solar-Powered Plane Grounded 9 Months in Hawaii by Battery Damage
A solar-powered plane halfway through an attempt to circle the globe will be grounded in Hawaii for at least nine months because of battery damage sustained during its record 118-hour flight to Oahu from Japan, the project team said on Wednesday.
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Solar Impulse 2 Grounded in Hawaii For Repairs
The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft has been grounded in Hawaii, its crew said Saturday, after a grueling five-day, fuel-less flight across the Pacific Ocean overheated its batteries.
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Solar Impulse 2 Lands in Hawaii, Pilot Sets Non-Stop Solo Flight Record
The whole trip from Japan to Hawaii took four days and 22 hours, with the Swiss aviator taking catnaps of only 20 minutes at a time.
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Solar Impulse Sets Record but Faces 'Difficult' Hours
A solar-powered aircraft flying from Japan to Hawaii on the most perilous leg of a round-the-globe bid has beaten the record for the longest solo flight, organizers said on Thursday.
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Solar Impulse Reaches Half Way in Japan-US Leg
A solar-powered aircraft flying between Japan and Hawaii as part of a round-the-world bid passed the halfway point of the perilous Pacific Ocean crossing Wednesday, and smashed its own endurance record.
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Solar Impulse Reaches Quarter Way Point in Japan-US Flight
A solar-powered aircraft on a round-the-world flight was high above the Pacific Ocean today, over a quarter of the way to Hawaii after leaving Japan, the mission website showed.
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Solar Impulse Past 'Point of No Return' From Japan to Hawaii
A revolutionary solar-powered aircraft was past "the point of no return" and flying over the Pacific Ocean bound for Hawaii today, on the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe.
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Solar Impulse 2 Leaves Japan for Hawaii on Delayed Pacific Flight
It is the eighth leg of the circumnavigation, and with nowhere to land after leaving Japan, is considered the riskiest so far.
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Solar Impulse Takes Off on Delayed Pacific Flight
The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft took off early Monday for a flight over the Pacific Ocean, a spokeswoman said, the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun.
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Solar Impulse Could be Stuck in Japan for a Year, Says Pilot
A solar-powered plane attempting to fly around the world must cross the Pacific within a few weeks or it could remain stuck in Japan for a year, its pilot said in an interview published today.
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Solar Impulse Take-Off From Japan Cancelled: Organisers
Mission controllers trying to fly a solar plane around the world cancelled take off from Japan early Wednesday because of weather problems over the Pacific Ocean.
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Solar Impulse Set to Take Off Early Wednesday: Team
A solar-powered plane that has been trapped in Japan for three weeks by the rainy season is set to take off for Hawaii early Wednesday, the team said.
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Solar Impulse Can Wait in Japan for 2 months, Says Pilot
The pilot of a solar-powered plane trapped in Japan by the country's rainy season said today he is prepared to wait two more months for a weather window, but may eventually have to give up for the year.
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Solar Impulse Facing 'Moment of Truth' in Japan, Says Pilot
An ambitious attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a solar-powered plane is facing a "moment of truth" after two weeks of bad weather that have left it stuck in Japan, its pilot said today.
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Solar Impulse 2 Now Fixed but Waiting on Weather
The flight to Hawaii from Japan will be the airplane's eighth and most ambitious leg of a record-breaking attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
