CRI听力:Solar Impulse 2 Completes 118-hour Non-stop Flight Over Pacific

Pilot André Borschberg was the man at-the-helm to finish up the "Solar Impuse's" nearly-120-hour voyage.

118 hours in the air has smashed the previous record of 76-hours of non-stop flight by late-American adventurer Steve Fossett in 2006.

"The demonstration of technology works. That you can fly almost forever with the sun."

Fellow "Solar Impulse" pilot Bertrand Piccard says they are hoping to capitalize on the record they've achieved.

"Because very often renewable energies are presented as a break, as an obstacle for development. And we want to show the opposite. We want to show that renewable energies, and clean technology can achieve the impossible. That it's a fantastic solution to grow, to create jobs, to make profit, but also to protect the environment. And if you can fly around the world, with an airplane that uses no fuel, just the power of the sun, of course this opens tremendous perspectives also for daily lives."

The flight left Nagoya, Japan, on Monday for the 7th leg of the journey, landing in Hawaii on Friday after five days and nights in-the-air.

Andre Borschberg says he has the utmost respect for his co-pilot.

"But it was also something very personal. In some ways, you know, a dream from my childhood, which I could realize thanks to this gentleman I met 12 years ago. That's how we all started the project."

Once rested, the next leg of the flight for the two adventurers will be from Honolulu to Phoenix, Arizona.

From there, "Solar Impulse 2" will then attempt to make a crossing over the Atlantic before setting-down in Abu Dhabi, where the months-long adventure began.

Ahead of its Pacific Ocean flight, the pilots say they hope "Solar Impulse 2" will be a motivator for countries and people to think about the potentials of clean technology.

Studies, design and construction of "Solar Impulse 2" has taken them 12-years to put together.

The first version of the airplane was launched in 2009.

It broke records for heights and distances traveled by a manned solar plane.

For CRI, I'm Wang Wei.