{"id":70186,"date":"2017-10-30T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T02:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=70186"},"modified":"2019-05-10T15:46:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T01:46:48","slug":"solar-powered-plane-documentary-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/30\/solar-powered-plane-documentary-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar powered plane documentary debuts at the Hawai\u02bbi International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The Hawaiʻi<\/span> International Film Festival<\/a> will premiere of Point of No Return<\/a><\/em>, a feature-length documentary that takes viewers behind the headlines of one of the great scientific adventure stories of our century—Solar Impulse 2 and the first solar powered flight around the world.<\/p>\n

The film will be screened November 5, 5:15 p.m. and November 9, 2:45 p.m. at the Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18 Theatre. Tickets are available online<\/a>. Pilot Andr\u00e9 Borschberg, the filmmakers, government and environmental leaders will appear at the November 5 screening.<\/p>\n

The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> hosted the Solar Impulse 2 and its crew during the eight month pit stop following the flight from Japan to Hawaiʻi<\/span> in July 2015, the longest nonstop solo flight in history.<\/p>\n