Solar Impulse is now flying from Nanjing to Hawaii. The 8,172km journey is expected to take five days
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With only 5-10% of it's battery charge left, Solar Impulse must find cloudless sky to recharge in the morning
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At night, the engine is switched off, and the plane glides down to 1,000m
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Plane takes off in daylight. It rises to an altitude of 9,000m as the sun charges its batteries
1,000 miles
Hawaii
China
Nanjing
Solar Impulse is now flying from Nanjing to Hawaii. The 8,172km journey is expected to take five days
2
3
1
3
With only 5-10% of it's battery charge left, Solar Impulse must find cloudless sky to recharge in the morning
2
At night, the engine is switched off, and the plane glides down to 1,000m
1
Plane takes off in daylight. It rises to an altitude of 9,000m as the sun charges its
batteries
1,000 miles
Hawaii
China
US
Japan
Indonesia
Russia
Canada
Nanjing
Solar Impulse is now flying from Nanjing to Hawaii. The 8,172km journey is expected to take five days
2
3
1
3
With only 5-10% of it's battery charge left, Solar Impulse must find cloudless sky to recharge in the morning
2
At night, the engine is switched off, and the plane glides down to 1,000m
1
Plane takes off in daylight. It rises to an altitude of 9,000m as the sun charges its
batteries
1,000 miles
Hawaii
China
US
Japan
Indonesia
Russia
Canada
Nanjing
Solar Impulse is now flying from Nanjing to Hawaii. The 8,172km journey is expected to take five days
2
3
1
3
With only 5-10% of it's battery charge left, Solar Impulse must find cloudless sky to recharge in the morning
2
At night, the engine is switched off, and the plane glides down to 1,000m
1
Plane takes off in daylight. It rises to an altitude of 9,000m as the sun charges its batteries
1,000 miles
Hawaii
China
US
Japan
Papua New
Guinea
Philippines
Indonesia
Russia
Canada
Nanjing