As the U.S. East Coast enjoyed a lazy
Sunday afternoon on June 28, an airplane took off from Nagoya, in
central Japan, without any gas aboard. Four days later it’s still in the air,
proceeding across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii at the stately pace of
around 30 knots. Its pilot and lone occupant, André Borschberg, has
already set the world record
for longest-duration solo flight, and as of this afternoon he has
nearly another day ahead of him at the controls. The weather is not
cooperating. It is a tense time.
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