[Scan-DC] Solar Airplane: 14 hours from Cincinnati to Dulles

freqhopping freqhopping at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 18 15:50:32 EDT 2013


It didn't necessarily have to take as long as it did to get here. It was 
in western VA by 5pm or so.  It spent a lot of time in holding patterns 
around VORTACs in VA, primarily because they were not going to allow it 
to land until air traffic was at a minimum i.e. after midnight.  It also 
used that time to descend some.  The last holding location was around 
Gainesville.   Prince William Co 911 was reporting lots of UFO calls.

It's not on Flightaware, but you can track it on the SI site. 
www.solarimpulse.com

Video of it landing.  You can actually hear it too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmz76pjFOEA






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