Record breaking achievement coming from Japan Aviation Service, Solar Impulse, an aeroplane that is mainly powered by the sun, has landed in Hawaii after making a historic 8,000 km flight across the Pacific from Japan.
Pilot, Andre Borschberg, brought the vehicle gently down onto the runway at Kalaeloa Airport just before 06:00 local time.
The distance covered and the time spent in the air, 118 hours are records for manned, solar-powered flight.
The duration is also an absolute record for a solo, un-refuelled journey.
According to reports, Mr Borschberg’s time betters that of the American adventurer, Steve Fossett, who spent 76 hours aloft in a single-seater jet in 2006.
Media reports that the plane weighs about as much as a family sedan and has 17,000 solar cells across its wingspan.
