tightened to ensure daily, random cell checks and weekly security inspections. deborah feyerick cnn, new york. after a historic trip across the western pacific ocean, a solar-powered airplane is gearing up for the next leg of its global journey. the solar impulse 2 landed in hawaii friday completing the longest and most difficult part of its mission. its next stop is the city of phoenix, arizona. our david malco has more on the expedition. reporter: extraordinary moments as the solar impulse 2 touched down on the tarmac in hawaii after a flight that lasted almost five days and five nights across the pacific ocean all the way from japan. remember this is a plane that flies without a single drop of fuel and it was piloted by one man, a swiss engineer andre borschberg flying in that cockpit all day and all night, alone, without a break, using
hawaii. the experimental plane attempting to fly around the world. powered by the sun. in a holding pattern, in japan. after taking off from china sunday. the journey to hawaii expected to take 130 hours. the plane s toughest leg yet. just listening to it the plane seems to sing as it flies. in the cockpit, you have the veteran pilot, andre borschberg. earlier he told cnn huh he is coping so far. i tried not to thing of 130 hours. but simply about the present moment. what do we do next? how we get organized? so i really focused last night to see how, how i could sleep, let the airplane fly by itself. how i could trust what the airplane was doing. in the cockpit you hear a lot of noise. you feel what the, the how the airplane flies. and in some ways it was
difficult to detach myself from that. the airplane is doing fine. we will manage well. take time for you and, and rest. so i, i had to learn that. such a a fascinating, you know, experiment. you could call it. borschberg, strapped into a special seat which serves as a bed and toilet. he has got to sit there the whole time he s got everything. what are you going to do? the solar in pulse requires specific weather conditions for its journey across the pacific. meteorologist derek van dam. the big problem here,en me of a solar plane, the weather. the wind. it need specific wind condition for takeoff. landing and 8,000 kilometer journey attempting to do at the moment. in the holding pattern over the sea of japan. already been in the air for over a day. so these guys are going through
experimental airplanes fly over the desert. normally. if you have a problem you replace them. rehabilitate. and we will be flying over hang high, over even when i leave the coast of china. this airplane was designed in fact to be safe and reliable. we have a plan b and c in the aircraft. but in the worst we have plane. in the worst case i have a parachute. i have a life raft. we trained how to survive in the oceans. so we have prepared for the worst. in some ways it is the best way not to be afraid of it. because you know you can handle it and put it in the corner of your brain. it is extra ordinary. we ll be watching closely. andre borschberg, you leave on may 12. best of luck to you. appreciate it. thank you very much. very brave man there. all right, two daredevils from europe take on china s highest
to fly from china across the pacific to hawaii this week. if the solar impulse is successful, it will be the first time it has ever been done. conditions have to be just right. and it looks as though tuesday could be the day for takeoff for the five-day journey. andre borschberg at the controls, professional airplane and helicopter pilot i spoke to him earlier what he helps to accomplish with the daring venture. andre borschberg, thank you for joining us, and of course as one of the pilots on this solar powered flight, talk to us about how this is going to work, particularly once the sun goes down. well that s the challenge as you understood. in fact. the first time that we will try to cross oceans powered by the sun only. it is easy during the day. of course the challenge to make