Solar Impulse 2 Breaks Three Records En Route To Hawaii

Zothecula writes: Solar Impulse 2 has started smashing records even before the longest leg of its round-the-world flight 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.

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Re:what?

[Orgasmatron]

In case you missed it, my objection is to calling it a "round-the-world flight", when it is not.

I pretty much stopped reading these stories when I saw that they were landing several times along the way, which makes it a "round-the-world trip", which, while impressive, is not even remotely the same thing as a "round-the-world flight".

If they can stay up for 80 hours, they should be able to do a "round-the-world" flight too.

P.S. Are you 12?