新奇事件簿 陽光動力2號創(chuàng)飛行歷史

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A solar-powered plane has made history by flying from Japan to Hawaii, a journey of almost 6,500 kilometres. The plane is called Solar Impulse 2. Solar panels that cover the plane convert the sun's rays into power. Scientists hope that all airplanes in the future will fly using solar power. Solar Impulse 2 landed in Hawaii after a 118-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg tweeted about his feelings after arriving in Hawaii. He wrote: "Just landed in Hawaii with Solar Impulse….It's a dream coming true." The flight broke the record for the longest journey made by a solo pilot in an unfuelled plane. The previous record was 76 hours, set by American pilot Steve Fossett in 2006.

從日本到夏威夷，將近6500公里的飛行，太陽能飛機創(chuàng)歷史。這架飛機名叫陽光動力2號。包裹飛機的太陽電池板將太陽射線轉(zhuǎn)化為能量?？茖W(xué)家希望未來所有飛機都能夠使用太陽能。陽光動力2號橫跨太平洋，經(jīng)過118小時的飛行后降落夏威夷。瑞士飛行員安德烈·鮑特伯格抵達(dá)夏威夷之后在推特上發(fā)布了自己的感想。他寫到：“就在陽光動力2號降落夏威夷的那一刻，我的夢想實現(xiàn)了。”這架飛機打破了單人駕駛無燃油飛機的最長飛行記錄。2006年，美國飛行員史蒂夫·福塞特創(chuàng)下了76小時的記錄。

Solar Impulse 2 is attempting to fly around the world using only solar power. It set off from Abu Dhabi in March and stopped in Oman, India, Myanmar and China. Its next stop will be Arizona in the USA. From there it will fly to New York, before heading to Europe and then back to Abu Dhabi. One of the aims of the journey is to raise awareness about climate change and renewable energy. Solar Impulse 2 co-pilot Bertrand Piccard told the USA Today newspaper that: "The most important thing isn't to make world records. It's to show what we can do with clean technologies." This is important for our planet because airplanes produce around 12 per cent of the CO2 from all sources of transportation.

陽光動力2號正在嘗試著用太陽能環(huán)游世界。飛機于三月份在阿布扎比啟程，途徑阿曼、印度。緬甸以及中國。下一站將會是美國的亞利桑那州。之后飛往紐約，隨后前往歐洲，并返回阿布扎比。行程的目的之一是要讓人們增加對氣候變化以及可再生能源的意識。陽光動力2號副駕駛貝特朗·皮卡爾在接受《今日美國》的采訪時說：“最主要的不是要打破記錄。我們要展現(xiàn)的是我們可以利用清潔能源來做一些事情。”這對于我們的星球至關(guān)重要，在所有交通出行工具中，飛機排放12%的二氧化碳。