Solar-Powered Plane Lands Safely In Arizona After Leaving Bay Area
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP/CBS) -- A solar-powered plane has landed in suburban Phoenix after a flight from California on the latest leg of its round-the-world journey.
Solar Impulse 2 arrived in the suburb of Goodyear, which is just to the southwest of Phoenix, shortly before 9 p.m. PDT Monday.
The aircraft took off from Mountain View in Northern California shortly after 5 a.m. Monday on the 16-hour flight to Phoenix.
Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg flew the plane, which began its globe-circling journey last year. Solar Impulse 2 flew from Hawaii to the Silicon Valley last week.
The wings of the plane are equipped with 17,000 solar cells that power propellers and charge batteries.
After Phoenix, the plane will make two more stops in the United States before crossing the Atlantic.
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