太陽能飛機環球飛行抵達中國

BEIJing — A groundbreaking solar-powered plane successfully flew from Myanmar to central China early Tuesday as part of an historic round-the-world journey promoting renewable energy use.

北京——本週二凌晨，一架具有突破意義的太陽能飛機從緬甸成功飛抵中國中部。這是一個歷史性的環球飛行中的一段行程，飛行目的是推廣可再生能源的利用。

The organizers of the Solar Impulse 2 flight wrote in a statement that the plane landed in Chongqing, China, at 1:35 a.m. Tuesday, after leaving Mandalay, Myanmar, more than 20 hours earlier.

“陽光動力2號”的飛行組織者在一份聲明中表示，飛機離開緬甸曼德勒20多個小時後，於週二凌晨1點35分降落在中國重慶。

Two Swiss pilots, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, are flying the state-of-the-art plane, which is powered by more than 17,000 solar cells on its wings. They are attempting the first ever round-the-world flight by a completely solar-powered plane.

這架極爲先進的飛機由兩名瑞士飛行員貝特朗·皮卡爾(Bertrand Piccard)和安德烈·波許博格(Andre Borschberg)駕駛，通過機翼上逾1.7萬個太陽能電池供電。兩人正在嘗試首次完全依靠太陽能飛機進行環球飛行。

The statement said the pilots had to make a steep climb to cross mountainous terrain in southern China. The pilots wore oxygen masks in the unpressurized cockpit, where temperatures dropped to 20 degrees below zero Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit).

該聲明說，飛行員不得不進行陡峭的爬升，以穿越中國南方山巒起伏的地形。飛行員戴着氧氣面罩，坐在非增壓座艙裏，艙內溫度會降至零下20攝氏度。

The Solar Impulse 2 started its journey from Abu Dhabi on March 9 and made four stops before arriving in China. It flies next to the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing before heading to Hawaii on its five-month trip.

“陽光動力2號”3月9日從阿布扎比出發，抵達中國之前曾在四個地方降落。接下來它將飛往中國東部城市南京，然後前往夏威夷，整個旅程將歷時五個月。