Solar-powered plane on journey around the world successfully crosses Pacific Ocean and lands in California Bay Area after performing a dazzling fly-by over the Golden Gate Bridge

太阳能飞机环太平洋试飞成功在加州湾区登陆
Naomi Leach For Mailonline and Associated Press

The Solar Impulse 2  completed a 62-hour nonstop solo flight without fuel across the Pacific Ocean.[CN]

阳光动力2号不费一滴燃料完成了62小时的跨太平洋直达单机飞行。

It landed in Silicon Valley just before midnight on Saturday as part of its around-the-world tour.[CN]

飞机于周六午夜前在硅谷着落,这只是环球旅行的其中一站。

The aircraft will make three more stops in the US before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe or Africa.[CN]

太阳能飞机在美国还有3站试飞,尔后进行跨大西洋飞行到欧洲和非洲。

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The Solar Impulse 2 has successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean and after a three-day flight from Hawaii to California.[CN]

阳光动力2号成功完成跨太平洋试飞航程,从夏威夷飞到加州用时3天。

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The plane performed a dazzling fly-by over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge before landing on Saturday night
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在周六午夜着陆前,飞机飞经旧金山和金门大桥,惊艳亮相。

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Solar Impulse 2 landed just before midnight at Moffet Field in Mountain View, California [CN]

“阳光动力2号”午夜前在加州山景城墨菲特机场登陆。

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The plane, piloted by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, completed a 62-hour nonstop solo flight without fuel.[CN]

飞机由瑞士冒险家伯纳德·皮卡德驾驶,不费一滴燃油完成了62小时直达单机飞行。

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Piccard was all smiles as he waved to the crowd after landing the plane, which has had some bumps on its around-the-world journey.[CN]

皮卡德登陆后面带微笑,挥手向群众示意。环球旅程中,飞机有些许碰伤。

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Piccard hugs his wife Michelle outside the cockpit of Solar Impulse 2 after the successful landing
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安全登陆后,皮卡德在驾驶舱旁拥抱妻子米歇尔。

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Piccard and fellow Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg (pictured together) have been taking turns flying the plane since taking off from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, in March 2015.[CN]

皮卡德和同伴安德烈·博尔施伯格(同为瑞士飞行员)合影。两人2015年3月于阿联酋首都阿布扎比市起飞后轮流驾驶。

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The solar-powered airplane is attempting to circumnavigate the globe to promote clean energy and the spirit of innovation.[CN]

太阳能飞机环球飞行旨在推动清洁能源发展和提倡创新精神。

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The Solar Impulse 2 (pictured flying over San Francisco) has made stops in Oman, Myanmar, China, Japan and Hawaii

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The trans-Pacific leg was the riskiest part of the plane's global travels because of the lack of emergency landing sites

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Piccard taking a selfie on board Solar Impulse 2 during a test flight over the Pacific Ocean

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Piccard said: 'You know there was a moment in the night, I was watching the reflection of the moon on the ocean and I was thinking "I'm completely alone in this tiny cockpit and I feel completely confident"'

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During the flight as he performed a fly-by over Golden Gate Bridge, Piccard said: 'I crossed the bridge. I am officially in America'

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The tranSolar Impulse 2 will make three more stops in the United States before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe or Northern Africa

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The project began in 2002 and is estimated to cost more than $100million

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The carbon-fiber aircraft weighs more than 5,000 pounds, or about as much as a midsize truck 

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The plane's wings, which stretch wider than those of a Boeing 747, are equipped with 17,000 solar cells that power propellers and charge batteries. The plane runs on stored energy at night

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'Maybe it will be boring in 20 years when all the airplanes will be electric and people will say 'Oh it's routine', Piccard said. 'But now, today, an airplane that is electric, with electric engines, that produces its own energy with the sun, it can never be boring'

A solar-powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world.

Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, at 11.45pm following a 62-hour, nonstop solo flight without fuel. 

The landing came several hours after Piccard performed a dazzling fly-by over the Golden Gate Bridge as spectators watched the narrow aircraft with extra wide wings from below.

The plane taxied into a huge tent erected on Moffett Airfield where Piccard was greeted by the project's team. 

Piccard said at a news conference after he landed: 'You know there was a moment in the night, I was watching the reflection of the moon on the ocean and I was thinking "I'm completely alone in this tiny cockpit and I feel completely confident.'" 

'And I was really thankful to life for bringing me this experience. It's maybe this is one of the most fantastic experiences of life I've had.'

During the flight as he performed a fly-by over Golden Gate Bridge, Piccard said: 'I crossed the bridge. I am officially in America.'

Piccard and fellow Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg have been taking turns flying the plane on an around-the-world trip since taking off from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, in March 2015. 

The Solar Impulse 2 has made stops in Oman, Myanmar, China, Japan and Hawaii.

The trans-Pacific leg was the riskiest part of the plane's global travels because of the lack of emergency landing sites.

Although it's most recent landing was a success, the aircraft faced a few bumps along the way.

The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Hawaii in July and was forced to stay in the islands after the plane's battery system sustained heat damage on its trip from Japan. 

The team was delayed in Asia, as well. When first attempting to fly from Nanjing, China, to Hawaii, the crew had to divert to Japan because of unfavorable weather and a damaged wing.

A month later, when weather conditions were finally right, the plane departed from Nagoya in central Japan for Hawaii.

The plane's ideal flight speed is about 28 mph, though that can double during the day when the sun's rays are strongest. The carbon-fiber aircraft weighs more than 5,000 pounds, or about as much as a midsize truck.

The plane's wings, which stretch wider than those of a Boeing 747, are equipped with 17,000 solar cells that power propellers and charge batteries. The plane runs on stored energy at night.

Solar Impulse 2 will make three more stops in the United States before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe or Northern Africa, according to the website documenting the journey.

'The adventure continues,' Piccard said. 'The story is not finished.'

The project, which began in 2002 and is estimated to cost more than $100million, is meant to highlight the importance of renewable energy and the spirit of innovation.

'I think innovation and pioneering must continue,' Piccard said. 'It must continue for better quality of life, for clean technologies, for renewable energy - this is where the pioneers can really express themselves and be successful.'

Solar-powered air travel is not yet commercially practical, however, given the slow travel time, weather and weight constraints of the aircraft.

'Maybe it will be boring in 20 years when all the airplanes will be electric and people will say "Oh it's routine"', said Piccard. 

'But now, today, an airplane that is electric, with electric engines, that produces its own energy with the sun, it can never be boring. It's a miracle of technology.'

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Jan D

Wonderful achievement well done.

又一项了不起的成就。

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john

best not come over Britain the sun will not be out

最好不要经过英国,没太阳啊。

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Pedro ConejoReply tojohn

There speaks a man who's never flown above the clouds.

你没坐过飞机吧?

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Pandora

WOW what a trip!

这行程,杠杠滴!

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thisisturok96

Nice, so it only takes a year to travel the planet in a solar plane. A old sailboat from the Christopher Columbus days is faster, imagine that.

爽啊,环球旅行坐太阳能飞机只需1年。克里斯多弗·哥伦布坐的小帆船更快哦,试想想。

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Pedro ConejoReply tothisisturok96

They don't do so well over land though.

飞机着落做得不好。

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Jake

So it's ideal speed is 28 mph? Why not just take a balloon?

所以均速是28英里每小时?为什么不用热气球呢?

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Douglas JohnstonReply toJake

A balloon was faster, wasn't it. 80 days?

热气球都快一些拉,要花上80天?

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njn

Looking at some comments, I feel sorry for some people. Every invention takes a perfect shape bit by bit. These ppl might know that how long it took to be today's Airbus, Boeing jumbo jet from that Wright brother's invention. I want to know what these negative minded fool did for mankind other than demeaning other's achievements.

看看这评论,有些人还真是... 每个新发明都是一点一点改进完善的。你们这些人都知道,从怀特兄弟的第一架飞机到今天的波音飞机经历了多长时间。我想知道你们这些黑子除了会诋毁他人还会什么。

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ddpalmerReply tonjn

But not every invention that makes it to this stage ever becomes viable. Scientists have been able to replicate fusion for decades but it has yet to be useful. There is a difference between being negative and being realistic.

并非每一个发明都可行,都能发展到这种高度的。科学家老早就发现核聚变了,要使用也还需谨慎啊。看衰和看好两者是有区别的。

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MichaelReply tonjn

Njn, this isn't really an 'invention' though, magnificent as the achievement may be. It simply shows what you can do with a number of extremely expensive off-the-shelf components...

Njn,这也许都称不上是一项发明,虽然取得的成就是巨大的。这只不过表明了用现有的贵到离谱的零件能做什么罢了。

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MileHigh

Ho Hum. At some point these types of publicity stunts became as common as kids sailing around the world alone, helium balloon flights that crossed oceans, etc., etc.

呵呵。某种程度上,这种作秀开始会流行开来,像孩子独自海航,环游世界啦,氮气球跨大洋旅行啦,等等...

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mgrsaab

Very clever , how many passengers ,how much freight or useful commercial value ,non total b,,,,,,,,,cks ,,,novelty

聪明过头了吧,能载多少人,多少量,有多少商业价值?完全没什么卵用的新奇事物。

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Pedro ConejoReply tomgrsaab

In the meantime, we're all waiting with bated breath for news of your latest achievement.

与此同时,让我们屏住呼吸等待你最新发明的新闻哈...

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JakeReply tomgrsaab

mgrsaab - so true, no real value at all, just proof of concept and a step forward in technological development and at a huge cost.

mgrsaab,没错,根本没卵用。就证明了一些理念,发展了技术的一小步,当然了,花了点钱。

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Samsung the future

Golden Gate Bridge, a must-visit spot in SF....(^_-)

金门大桥,没去过都不好意思说你去过旧金山。

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murasaki

super cool!

酷毙了!

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Crywolf

It is an interesting achievement, but at a cost of US$150 million (plus the need to raise an extra US$20 million four months ago to allow it to continue) to carry one person around the world, don't go thinking that solar power is a replacement for fossil fuel any time soon.

这个发明有点意思。不过送个人全球旅行要花1亿5千万美刀(还需要4个月前就准备额外的2千万美金维持其飞行)。太阳能替代化学燃料的日子还长着呢。

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BobBobReply toCrywolf

The whole point of things like this is to show the possibilities. It's the same with space travel and Formula One... it's an incredible cost but the technology trickles down, becomes scalable, becomes cheaper and is used by us all. Most things at the very forefront of technological achievement, right from the very first steam engines, cost an absolute fortune, but some of them benefit society hugely in the end.

整个飞行的意义在于给我们展示了一种可能性。类似太空旅行和一次方程式。花费令人咋舌,但科技逐渐发展,会有更大的扩展性,成本大大降低,为我们所用。大部分先进的技术事物,如第一台蒸汽机,开始也是花费巨大,但最后它们当中有些还是大大的造福于社会。

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Caligula1966Reply toCrywolf

It's better than a steam powered aeroplane.

比蒸汽飞机强多了...

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Thoughts from afarReply toCrywolf

Positive exernalities

正外部性效应啊。

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Dmitriy_K

I wonder why they flew to east. Flight to west allows to stay more time under the sun

为什么往东飞呢,往西不是有更多太阳光么?

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Pedro ConejoReply toDmitriy_K

Winds.

风向问题。

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JakeReply toDmitriy_K

Yeah winds. That tub would just hover in a strong wind.

没错,风向。那小驾驶舱遇强风会摇摆不定的的。

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FeddupReply toDmitriy_K

That is why the pilot(s) eat baked beans. (Wind?)

那就是飞行员吃烘豆的原因。(因为风?)

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Bob

Are any of those photos real - they all look like badly photoshopped graphics of the aircraft pasted onto real photos of the San Francisco area?

这些图片是真的么?感觉飞机的照片丑丑的,像粘贴上去的。原照片是旧金山。

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yankeemama

Awesome. Jet fuel is nasty and expensive. Maybe it would make flights cheaper?

苦!飞机燃油,又贵又脏。或许此举使得坐飞机更便宜?

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aventadorReply toyankeemama

no chance it has the power to push tons of weight up in the sky maybe hybrid that too maybe but no chance

没可能。它无法运那么重的东西上天啊,混合能源也不行,有希望,没可能。

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JakeReply toyankeemama

Ha !....this will never make flights cheaper, certainly not in our lifetimes. This is just a concept that can barely move it's own weight at a speed slightly faster than ships or trains.

哈哈...没可能的,至少我们这一生不能看到。只是个猜想,这东西只能勉强把自己送上天,速度稍微比轮船和火车快一丁点。

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buddy_

I didn't get to see anything. Why wasn't this announced ahead of time? Totally unfair.

没什么好看的啊,为什么这个是今天的头条?不公平!

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Wasatch

It is the San Francisco Bay Area or the Bay Area, not the California Bay Area, pulease!

是旧金山湾区,你也可以直接叫湾区,不是加州湾区呐~

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skuzzle buttReply toWasatch

It's just the Bay Area. We don't need those elitist snob clowns in S.F. getting any smugger.

不仅是湾区。我们不需要这些精英小丑在旧金山招摇撞骗。

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Cuaille71

"The landing came several hours after the Piccard performed a fly-by over the Golden Gate Bridge..." Several hours to reach Mountain View as the bird flies from the Golden Gate? Did they fly or drive the I280 expressway?

皮卡尔飞过金门大桥,几小时后登陆山景城。金门大桥到山景城要几个小时?小鸟的速度么?他们飞过去的,还是开车从I280高速去的?

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LisaReply toCuaille71

The plane is not fast, but it is steady.

飞机飞的不快,但是很平稳。

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CrywolfReply toCuaille71

They had to wait for the wind to drop before they could chance a landing, consequently there were several hours of aimlessly flying around.

只有等风停了他们才能选择降落,即是说有风停前几个小时的飞行是毫无意义的。

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bonzo

Amazing plane and great achievement. A bit of a technological dead end though as it can carry no payload and would go backwards in a strong wind!

惊艳的飞机,巨大的成就。当然不能负重,遇强风不能往回飞是技术上的瓶颈。

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My Pointless Views

Beautiful air to air photos, so clear !

漂亮飞机拍漂亮航空照,好清晰啊。

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ddpalmer

Nice PR piece. But maybe they would have better spent the time and money improving the technology so that they could show that solar power can supply steady reliable power and that batteries can store enough energy to cover the needs of modern society.

公关打得不错。不过还是把时间花在改进技术吧,确保太阳能都持续稳定供应,电池储藏足够能量,可以满足现代社会需求。

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Leo the lionReply toddpalmer

I think the process is learn to stand, then walk, before you can run.

我想步骤该一步步来,先学站立,然后走路,最后才能跑。

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ddpalmerReply toddpalmer
Really? That is what you think? Well no kidding Sherlock. But solar panels and batteries have both been around for many decades, so the time for crowing about learning to stand and walk is long past and continue to treat old accomplishments as something new and great just points out the lack of progress toward running. The major innovation with this plane is in the construction materials and not the solar power or the batteries.
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