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

Solar Impulse 2 is attempting to fly around the world using solar power. It set off from Abu Dhabi in March and stopped in Oman, India, Myanmar and China. Its next 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 of the journey is to raise about climate change and renewable . Solar Impulse 2 co- Bertrand Piccard told the USA Today that: "The most important thing isn't to make records. It's to show what we can do with technologies." This is important for our planet because airplanes produce around 12 per cent of the CO2 from all of transportation.

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