Solar Plane Diverts to Japan En Route to Hawaii

"Au revoir, Andre, our hearts, our soul, our love are with you... be safe, drive carefully, we'll see you on the other side."
And with that, Swiss pilot André Borschberg -- co-founder and CEO of Solar Impulse -- left terra firma in Nanjing, China yesterday, beginning what was to be an unprecedented flight to Hawaii. He planned to cross 5,077 miles of ope…
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