Solar-powered plane completes risky three-day journey across the Pacific

A solar-powered plane has landed in California, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific as part of its journey around the world.

Solar-powered plane completes risky three-day journey across the Pacific

A solar-powered plane has landed in California, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific as part of its journey around the world.

Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, at 11.45pm Saturday local time, following a 62-hour, non-stop solo flight without fuel.

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