Solar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing with landing in Seville

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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36598140

Solar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing with landing in Seville

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From the section Science & Environment

The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has landed in Spain, completing the Atlantic leg of its historic bid to circumnavigate the globe. The landing in Seville marked the end of the 15th stage of Solar Impulse's route. Pilot Bertrand Piccard made swift progress over the ocean after leaving New York on Monday. Mission managers will now plot a route to Abu Dhabi where the venture began in March, 2015.

The project had hoped to end the Atlantic leg in Paris, to echo the pioneering flight in 1927 of Charles Lindbergh. (snip) As it turned out, the forecast this week in Paris was for storms, and so Seville was therefore chosen as the safest option, the BBC's science correspondent, Jonathan Amos, reports.

Setting off from Seville will be easier than from Paris ((with respect to air control)), said project team-member Yves Andre Fasel who liaises with air traffic control.
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1. Outstanding!

Mad props to this team; this is a terrifically important experiment and I'm glad to see it's going so well so far (knock wood of course).