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First ever solar plane accomplished trans-Pacific journey

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CALIFORNIA:  An experimental plane “Solar Impulse 2” using only the sun-power has landed in Mountain View California after a three-day flight across the Pacific.

The pilot Bertrand Piccard took off from Hawaii for a five-day non-stop solo flight from Hawaii to Japan that made the world record as the longest duration flight. 

The Solar Impulse 2 crew attempted to fly around the world using only the solar energy trying to convey the message that “by attempting the first solar-flight around the world Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg wanted to support concrete action for sustainability and show that the world can be run on clean technologies”  said the team in a statement.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.