Built by Paul MacCready, the plane, covered with 16,128 solar cells, took off from France at Cormeilles-en-Vexin, then traveled 160 miles in 5 hours and 23 minutes and landed in England at RAF Manston, landing at 4:47 p.m. "MacCready, Paul Beattie" Britannica Book of the Year 2008 (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2009) p140; "Solar Flight Is 'Perfect'", Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, July 8, 1981, p1