Arrival of solar-powered airplane in Chongqing hits heights with students
By Tan Yingzi in Chongqing | China Daily | Updated: 2015-04-01 07:47
About 1,600 young Chinese students stood, applauded and cheered as two Swiss pilots entered a school hall in Chongqing on Tuesday afternoon.
Early in the morning, pilot Bertrand Piccard had landed the Solar Impulse 2, the world's first solar-powered plane, at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport after completing the fifth leg of an attempt to fly the Swiss-developed aircraft around the world powered only by the sun.
He is making the flight with fellow pilot Andre Borschberg.
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