Aerospace Monitoring

Solar plane on global trip arrives in Arizona

(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. Video from cameras aboard the aircraft as well as on the ground at the Goodyear airport showed the Solar Impulse as it flew through the night sky enroute to its safe touch down southwest of Phoenix. The two legs to cross the Pacific were the riskiest part of the plane's travels because of the lack of emergency…


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