Solar plane on global trip arrives in Arizona
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — A solar-powered airplane landed in suburban Phoenix Monday night after a daylong flight from California — the latest leg in its around the world journey using only energy from the sun.
The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 arrived in the suburb of Goodyear, just to the southwest of Phoenix, shortly before 9 p.m. PDT.
Pilot Andre Borschberg called the 16-hour trip “a beautiful flight,” after stepping from the cockpit.
“It was a special flight; not a l
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