At the intersection of the Pacific low-speed aircraft will require approximately five and a half days. In the cockpit, there may be only one person.

the Plane solar-powered "solar Impulse 2" (Solar Impulse 2), piloted by Swiss Andre Morsberger, went in flight across the Pacific.



the Flights from China's Nanjing to Hawaii is the longest stage of the trip around the world, launched in March of this year in Abu Dhabi.

At the intersection of the Pacific low-speed aircraft will require approximately five and a half days. In the cockpit, there may be only one person.

Most of that time andré Borschberg will awake to sleep, he snatches for 20 minutes.

"I still don't know how I would feel and how I will maintain power during these five or six days in the air", he said bi-Bi-si.

Route of flight Solar Impulse

flight status continually monitored by the control room in Monaco. Meteorologists and organizers of the flights are constantly updating the information, choosing to "solar Impulse" the best route.

TRANS-Pacific flight was scheduled for late April, but was delayed due to adverse weather conditions.

the Aircraft, on Board of which not a drop of fuel for a successful flight at such a long distance (8 thousand kilometers) requires not only a fair wind, and a cloudless sky, located on the wings of the photocells receive the maximum solar energy.

Before dusk lithium-ion aircraft battery should be fully charged, otherwise there's not enough power until dawn.



At an early stage of the flight, if the weather will sharply deteriorate or going to have a serious technical problem The borschberg will be able to turn the plane to China or to land in Japan. But a moment will come when he will be gone - and then the pilot should be ready for a forced landing on water.

In this case, the landing will be in automatic mode. Not to get in the water ect, the pilot will be forced to leave the plane with a parachute and wait for the rescue ship in a rubber Dinghy.

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