Solar Impulse 2 breaks three records en route to Hawaii

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aviation records during its flight from Japan to Hawaii" title="The Solar Impulse 2 has broken three aviation records during its flight from Japan to Hawaii"> </a> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002906/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-impulse-2-records-longest-solo-flight/38264/pictures#2"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002906im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/solar-impulse-2-records-2.jpg" alt="As we write, Borschberg mans the controls of the Solar Impulse 2 hovering over the Pacific Ocean, grappling with a range of technical challenges and without the luxury of emergency landing sites underfoot" title="As we write, Borschberg mans the controls of the Solar Impulse 2 hovering over the Pacific Ocean, grappling with a range of technical challenges and without the luxury of emergency landing sites underfoot"> </a> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002906/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-impulse-2-records-longest-solo-flight/38264/pictures#3"> 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http://www.gizmag.com/solar-impulse-third-attempt-record-flight/38141/">longest leg of its round-the-world flight</a> is complete. At around three quarters of the way to its next touch down in Hawaii, the single-pilot aircraft has broken the world records for longest distance and duration for solar aviation, with the record for longest ever solo flight of any kind thrown in for good measure.</p></p> <p class="strong">Read the full article: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002906/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-impulse-2-records-longest-solo-flight/38264/">Solar Impulse 2 breaks three records en route to Hawaii</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="page-section"> <p class="h2 title-standout">Related Articles</p> <ul class="list-ui list-ui--vertical related-articles"> <li class="media"> <a class="media__left" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002906/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-impulse-unscheduled-stop-japan/37802/" title="Bad weather forces Solar Impulse 2 to land in Japan"> <img 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