In Pictures: Solar-Powered Plane Completes Epic Transcontinental Flight

Bertrand Piccard has grown accustomed to the skeptics. He's used to people talking about its cruising speed of just 30 mph while dismissing the fact that his aircraft has but one seat and is powered solely by the sun. But Piccard, who with Andr? Borschberg founded Solar Impulse and flew the airplane they built across the United States, says such people miss the point.

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